Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

A double qotd today, both regarding the Palestinian "threat" of unilaterally declaring statehood.The Palestinians should respond positively to the peace offer that the government under my leadership offered to them. They will not receive an offer better than that one - the balls is in their court.--- Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the Saban Conference todaywho knew that Olmert's offers were still on the table? Netyanyahu has said...  

Israel on Monday warned Palestinians against seeking recognition of an independent state, while dismissing the move as a political manoeuvre amid frustration over the stalled peace process."Any unilateral action will undo the framework of past accords and lead to unilateral actions from Israel," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late on Sunday."There is no substitute for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority...  

Voice of AmericaPress split on Palestinian statehood moveBBC NewsArab and Israeli press commentators are divided over a possible move by Palestinian leaders to ask the UN to recognise an independent Palestinian state. They have also been considering the warning issued by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of ...Israel minister threatens to annex West Bank landChristian Science MonitorIsrael could annex more of West Bank...  

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned from any Palestinian “unilateral” steps pointing that there are no alternative for negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinian authority. Netanyahu warned that any unilateral will only undermine the framework of agreements with the ...  

PARIS (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at odds over Jewish settlements, made no apparent dent in the dispute as they sought to find ways Wednesday to revive Mideast peace efforts. The Israeli ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday that Israel was interested in renewing peace negotiations with Syria, after Syrian President Bashar Assad on Friday questioned Israel's will to restart the talks. "Israel has an interest in returning to ...  

France is Israel's preferred broker for peace negotiations with Damascus, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the cabinet on Sunday as he rejected Syria's call for Turkey to hold such talks. "Israel is ready for talks with Syria without ...  

BBC NewsIsrael rejects Palestinian statehood bid via the UNChristian Science MonitorIsrael's Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a new Palestinian plan to seek unilateral statehood through a UN Security Council vote. Palestinian leaders say the US and Israel leave them with no other option. By Ilene R. Prusher | Staff writer of The Christian ...Netanyahu: If Palestinians act unilaterally, so will IsraelHa'aretzFrustrated Palestinians to seek UN...  

Syrian President Bashar Assad on Friday rejected Israel's call for direct peace talks but said he was prepared to resume indirect negotiations mediated by Turkey. Assad was in Paris two days after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited the city ...  

His comments come after meeting Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, who conveyed a willingness by Israel's prime minister to begin peace talks with the Syrians. Al-Assad said: “If Mr (Binyamin) Netanyahu is serious, he can send a team of experts ...  

By Ted Belman Well, Avigdor Liberman is still the Foreign Minister. What’s he doping now that Barak and Netanyahu are stewarding the peace process. Haaretz reports Under Lieberman, Foreign Ministry drops peace initiatives as goal The goals are significantly different than those the ministry espoused during previous foreign minister Tzipi Livni’s term, especially regarding the peace process. Netanyahu’s [...]  

... Turkey, but appeared to dismiss suggestions of a direct meeting with Israel ... Benjamin) Netanyahu." Assad was in Paris two days after the Israeli prime minister visited the city and said he was ready to meet the Syrian president anywhere, at ...  

... President Nicolas Sarkozy to Syrian President Bashar Assad, indicates Israel ... in West Bank settlements, a demand sought by Palestinians and the United States . Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem denied the report concerning talks with Syria,  

French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for about an hour and forty minutes. During the meeting they talked over the most important international issues especially means to revive peace process in the Middle East without any delay. The French President and ...  

Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu A7 NewsPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office denied a report in the Arabic-language newspaper al-Arabiya that he will inform Syria, through French channels, that Israel would agree to surrender the strategic Golan Heights in return for a peace treaty. The platform of the Prime Minister’s Likud party specifically states that his government will not withdraw from the area.The office of the Prime Minister stated Thursday...