Post by Paddy by Grace on Jul 19, 2009 2:55:27 GMT -7
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Ehud Olmert, notorious leftist and no hawk he, exposes the lies Obama is trafficking in in today's Washington Post, in his desperate bid to cleanse parts of Israel of the Jewish people and appease jihad.
Obama's Immoral Authority
Commentary notes that "Elliott Abrams called out the Obama administration for re-writing the history of U.S.-Israeli agreements on the settlements. Now Ehud Olmert steps forward to do the same". Olmert writes:
– No new settlements would be constructed.
– No new land would be allocated or confiscated for settlement construction.
– Any construction in the settlements would be within current building lines
– There would be no provision of economic incentives promoting settlement growth.
– The unauthorized outposts built after March 2001 would be dismantled (a commitment that Israel, regrettably, has not yet fulfilled).
These understandings provided a working platform and, in my opinion, a proper balance to allow essential elements of stability and normality for Israelis living in settlements until their future would be determined in a permanent-status agreement. I adopted these understandings and followed them in close coordination with the Bush administration.
Moreover, during the run-up to Annapolis and in meetings there, I elaborated to the U.S. administration and the Palestinian leadership that Israel would continue to build in the settlements in accordance with the above criteria.
Let me be clear: Without those understandings, the Annapolis process would not have taken on any form. Therefore, the focus on settlement construction now is not useful.
[....]
It would be worth exploring the reasons that the Palestinians rejected my offer and preferred, instead, to drag their feet, avoiding real decisions. My proposal would have helped realize the “two-state solution” in accordance with the principles of the U.S. administration, the Israeli government I led and the criteria the Palestinian leadership has followed throughout the years.
Ehud Olmert, notorious leftist and no hawk he, exposes the lies Obama is trafficking in in today's Washington Post, in his desperate bid to cleanse parts of Israel of the Jewish people and appease jihad.
Obama's Immoral Authority
Commentary notes that "Elliott Abrams called out the Obama administration for re-writing the history of U.S.-Israeli agreements on the settlements. Now Ehud Olmert steps forward to do the same". Olmert writes:
– No new settlements would be constructed.
– No new land would be allocated or confiscated for settlement construction.
– Any construction in the settlements would be within current building lines
– There would be no provision of economic incentives promoting settlement growth.
– The unauthorized outposts built after March 2001 would be dismantled (a commitment that Israel, regrettably, has not yet fulfilled).
These understandings provided a working platform and, in my opinion, a proper balance to allow essential elements of stability and normality for Israelis living in settlements until their future would be determined in a permanent-status agreement. I adopted these understandings and followed them in close coordination with the Bush administration.
Moreover, during the run-up to Annapolis and in meetings there, I elaborated to the U.S. administration and the Palestinian leadership that Israel would continue to build in the settlements in accordance with the above criteria.
Let me be clear: Without those understandings, the Annapolis process would not have taken on any form. Therefore, the focus on settlement construction now is not useful.
[....]
It would be worth exploring the reasons that the Palestinians rejected my offer and preferred, instead, to drag their feet, avoiding real decisions. My proposal would have helped realize the “two-state solution” in accordance with the principles of the U.S. administration, the Israeli government I led and the criteria the Palestinian leadership has followed throughout the years.