Olmert: Syria peace overtures are a ploy

[Kefka]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061010...dI5bn6uOgxvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-

Israel has brushed off the Syrian president's recent calls to restart peace talks as a ploy by Bashar Assad to deflect international pressure from his increasingly isolated regime. But some in Israel say that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert may be making a major mistake in ignoring even a slim chance to pursue peace with one of his country's most implacable enemies.

"Olmert could have gone down in history as Menachem Begin, who gave Sinai back to Egypt," journalist Tom Segev wrote in the Haaretz daily Tuesday. "Instead, he is reacting to Syria's offers of peace with contempt, loathing and threats."

If no one talks with anyone, nothing positive can be accomplished - which appears to be precisely what Olmert wants.

 

[The Question]

It should be obvious to just about anyone with their wits about them that Israel doesn't want peace.