29 janvier 2008

     Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has no intention of setting a date for early elections together with Labor Chairman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, sources close to the prime minister said Monday. They were responding to predictions by Labor politicians that Barak would respond to the Winograd Committee's full report on the Second Lebanon War, due out Wednesday, by working to advance the elections to early 2009. The premier's associates said Olmert has no intention of turning himself into a lame duck by advancing the... [Lire la suite]

    President George Bush, touching on Middle East peace efforts during a State of the Union speech which was devoted to addressing fears of recession and weariness over the Iraq war, declared that now is the time for a democratic Palestine to arise alongside Israel. "The time has come for a Holy Land where a democratic Israel and a democratic Palestine live side-by-side in peace," Bush said Monday night, standing before Congress in the final State of the Union message of his presidency. On the Iraq issue, Bush... [Lire la suite]