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    He said that had the Palestinians accepted the offer, the international community would have immediately endorsed it, and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would not have been elected. "Had there been such a plan, the outcome of the elections would have been entirely different ... It would have allowed the plan to take place had it been accepted by the Palestinians. They made a dramatic mistake by not responding to me, at a time when it was still early enough to move it forward, build up the international consensus and move it through the public opinion of Israel and the also the public opinion of Palestinians and the international community." Speaking as US President Barack Obama was vowing to intensify his efforts to find a framework for achieving Middle East peace, Olmert urged him to take his proposal to the Palestinians and make it the basis for renewed talks. Full Article at Jerusalem Post
    Had there been such a plan, the outcome of the elections would have been entirely different ... It would have allowed the plan to take place had it been accepted by the Palestinians. They made a dramatic mistake by not responding to me, at a time when it was still early enough to move it forward, build up the international consensus and move it through the public opinion of Israel and the also the public opinion of Palestinians and the international community.
    Ehud Olmert – Ehud Olmert SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 2 months ago
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Olmert: PA had best deal ever with me
  1. Otherwise, in four years time, one day, I'll bump into you at the Heathrow Airport in London and I'll ask you, 'George, what are you doing here??' And he will say, 'This is my 60th trip to the Middle East.' Is that what you want?
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 2 months ago
  2. I am innocent ... I look at some of my colleagues, my former colleagues in different Western countries in Europe. They were charged with similar accusations and in the end, nothing happened. And I am absolutely certain that this will be the outcome of this particular case.
    SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 2 months ago
  3. I've been in politics for the last 35 years, and I could never understand why every new administration thinks it has to start the process from square one
    Ehud Olmert – Ehud Olmert SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 2 months ago
  4. There will never be a plan for peace between us and the Palestinians that will be more far-reaching than the one I proposed in the past two years
    Ehud Olmert – Ehud Olmert SOURCE: Jerusalem Post 2 months ago

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