Olmert disagrees with U.S. Iraq group
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that he disagreed with a U.S. advisory group’s linkage of efforts to stabilize Iraq with new moves to end Israel’s conflict with its neighbors. The Iraq Study Group’s report, released Wednesday, calls for direct talks between Israel and its neighbors, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians, and says that a concerted effort to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict would improve the situation in Iraq. Full Story