| Submit your comments on this article |
| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Olmert says he yearns for peaceful ties with Lebanon |
| 2006-09-04 |
| Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said he had appealed to his Lebanese counterpart Fouad Siniora through various sources to establish peaceful ties between the two countries. "How natural, how understandable it would be for the Prime Minister of Lebanon to respond to the many calls I have made toward him and say, `Come on, let`s sit, shake hands, make peace and end once and for all the hostility, the jealousy, the hatred that some of my people have toward you,'" Olmert said during a visit to a school in Northen Israel. "I hope this day comes soon. I yearn for it. I am sure that you yearn for it. I`m sure all of Israel yearns for it. But until then, we will do everything, thoughtfully, responsibly to handle everything needed to be ready for every opportunity," the Prime Minister said. Last week, responding to Olmert`s optimism that the deployment of international peacekeepers in southern Lebanon will pave the way for a "new reality" in the region and possible cooperation between Lebanon and Israel, Siniora had said that his country "would be the last Arab country that could sign a peace agreement with Israel." Olmert once again asserted his intention to invest resources in the north areas battered by Hezbollah rockets so that it will be a "flourishing paradise." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I am so disgusted by Olmert that I don't want to comment this last delirium. |
| Posted by: leroidavid 2006-09-04 18:10 |