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Bush, Olmert Meet on Palestine

Israel considers picking up peace process as US resumes aid

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 19, 2007 8:05 AM CDT
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(Newser) – President Bush and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert will convene today to discuss future relations with a newly divided Palestine. The US has resumed aid to Mahmoud Abbas' moderate Fatah government, now balkanized from its militant Hamas rivals, and Olmert has signaled his a potential willingness to push peace negotiations by doing the same.

What either country plans to do about the newly Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip is still anyone's guess. Meanwhile, some analysts say the recent spat of recovery cash will do little, considering Fatah's history of corruption and inefficiency. "It gives Fatah walking around money, but it doesn't solve the governance problem," says a Mideast expert.

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during their meeting in Washington Monday, June 18, 2007. The U.S. decision to end an economic and political embargo on the Palestinians increased pressure...
In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during their meeting in Washington Monday,...   (Associated Press)
Ehud Olmert, center, Prime Minister of Israel greeted guests after he addressed the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations at the Regency Hotel in New York Sunday, June 17, 2007. (AP Photo/David Karp)
Ehud Olmert, center, Prime Minister of Israel greeted guests after he addressed the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations at the Regency Hotel in New York Sunday, June 17, 2007. (AP...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his wife, Aliza arrive at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York Sunday, June 17, 2007. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said the formation of a new Palestinian government creates an opportunity...
In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his wife, Aliza arrive at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York Sunday, June 17, 2007. Israeli Prime...   (Associated Press)
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