A hawkish faction in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s coalition pulled out of the government on Wednesday, weakening him at a time when he needs broad support to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians by the end of the year. The withdrawal of Yisrael Beiteinu’s 11 lawmakers from the government leaves Olmert with a narrower majority of 67 in the 120-seat parliament. “Negotiations on the basis of land for peace is a fatal mistake,” Avigdor Lieberman, head of the faction, told a news conference. Full Story
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