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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (222944)	10/8/2007 5:42:39 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

Quote of the day Conflict Blotter is written by Charles Levinson, a journalist who has been based in Jerusalem since May 2006, and in Baghdad and Cairo since 2002. By Charles Levinson on Israel Deputy Prime Minister Haim Ramon in yesterday's cabinet meeting as quoted in today's Maariv: We have to talk to the Palestinians about handing over the neighborhoods in East Jerusalem to them. Anyone who thinks that it is possible to go to the conference and talk about a National Insurance Institute in the Palestinian state does not know what he's talking about. Ramon was a pro-peace labourite before joining Kadima, remains close to Israeli peaceniks, and is reportedly trusted by Palestinians. He is shaping up to be one of the key forces in Olmert's government pushing for something substantive to come out of next month's peace conference. But look who else seems to have softened their stance on the Jerusalem issue: right wing hardliner Avigdor Leiberman. Here's what Leiberman, known to most for his past support of transferring Israel's Arab population out of the country, had to say at yesterday's cabinet meeting: We must make concessions on the Jerusalem issue, or transfer to Palestinian control some of the neighborhoods and refugee camps. But the Old City and Mt. Scopus are an inseparable part of Jerusalem and so they will remain. As to all the rest, the only connection between Israel and Shuafat and Anata is that day in the month that they come to get their National Insurance allowance from us. When it comes time for the public to decide whether or not it supports whatever peace deal/declaration Olmert is cooking up with Abbas, it is assumed that much of the Israeli right will be taking their cue from Leiberman, the most right wing member of Olmert's government. If Olmert makes too many concessions and Leiberman pulls out of the government, the PM's already shakey right flank is likely to collapse. conflictblotter.com