Olmert's Bad News

That title can mean two things. Either "Bad News of/from Olmert," or "Olmert is Bad News." Honestly, I mean both here. Read these two items, and you may agree.

Olmert Promises to Restrict Jewish Building

(IsraelNN.com) In his meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah on Tuesday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised that Israel would not build new Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria. He told Abdullah that Israel would be willing to resume transferring tax monies to the Palestinian Authority if there was a way to assure that the money would not be used for terrorism. Olmert invited all Arab leaders to meet with him with no preconditions in order to discuss the Saudi Initiative. The initiative calls for Israel to give the PA control of Judea, Samaria, Gaza, and much of Jerusalem, and to grant automatic citizenship to millions of foreign Arabs. Olmert called the initiative “very interesting.” He pointed out that Israel has some reservations about the plan, but said that nonetheless, he and Arab leaders “need to meet.”

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Attack Foiled in Jerusalem; Rock Attack in Beitar


(IsraelNN.com) An Arab man was arrested in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Neve Yaakov on Tuesday afternoon after police found two knives on his person. The man, a resident of the Arab village of Kalandia, north of Jerusalem, admitted that he had intended to stab Jews.
Arabs attacked a house in the Jewish town of Beitar on Tuesday afternoon, throwing several large rocks. No injuries were reported in the incident.