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...organizations without giving money to Hamas. And Olmert might still face U.S. resistance to his plan to evacuate some West Bank settlements if it looks as if he is trying to retain bigger ones and draw Israel's final borders in the process--which Palestinian leaders such as President Mahmoud Abbas say would leave a future Palestinian state in pieces. "He and the President need to sit down, and we need to understand what his vision is," says a senior Administration official. "At that point, we'll be able to make judgments about what that means...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wasn't shy about his preference in last week's Israeli election: Ariel Sharon's heir Ehud Olmert and his centrist Kadima party. Kadima did win, but barely, capturing 29 of the 120 Knesset seats. "I wish Olmert had more seats," Abbas sadly told his aides. "Now he can't give us anything...
...Khartoum for an Arab league summit last week, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas received hourly dispatches on the vote in the Israel elections. There was no secret about who he wanted to win: Ehud Olmert, leader of the centrist Kadima party, and political heir to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has lain in a coma since January. Olmert's party did better than any other; but Kadima scooped up just 29 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. Opinion polls before the vote had suggested that it would win nearly 40. "I wish Olmert had more seats," Abbas told his aides...
...That may well be true, but the continued pressure from U.S. and Great Britain could easily be construed as meddling, which could undermine the very democratic system they are trying to promote. Mahmoud Ottman, a Kurdish member of parliament involved in the negotiations, welcomes U.S. help in moving things along but thinks media reports of the White House and State playing favorites could be ?counterproductive." ?I like the Americans asking the Iraqis to hurry up,? he told TIME. ?But to talk about who will be Prime Minister - they want this one and don?t like this...
...would expect to hear expressions of nationalist ardor. The slopes are filled with wealthy Iranians who sip hot chocolate in the shadow of a dazzling sun and spend most of their time gabbing about designer skiwear and which party to attend that evening. But when the subject of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes up between runs, the skiers get excited. "I couldn't be happier with him," says Mehdi, 19, an architecture major. "We just want our rights, and he defends them." His sister Anahita, 24, says she changed her mind about the President when he refused to abandon the country...