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Olmert on Powell

Following Colin Powell's praise of the Geneva Accords and the U.S.'s invitation to Sari Nusseibeh and Ami Ayalon, whose peace plan calls for a return to the 1967 borders, Ehud Olmert stated as follows, as reported by Haaretz:

"We know the State Department headed by Colin Powell isn't exactly a hothouse of empathy for Israel. Expressions of disagreement with our positions by the State Department are not at all surprising.

"The State Department ... has always been less sympathetic to Israel, while in other quarters it is different."

That's pretty disrespectful, but my initial reaction is that Olmert is right for saying it. In welcoming peace plans by private Israeli politicians whose policies have been rejected, Powell is undermining the elected government in Israel, so Olmert's response is appropriate.
posted on 11/26/2003