Olmert's Really Dangerous or Just Plain Nuts

I always suspected that Olmert's talk about "back-burning" convergence/realignment was BS.

Here's the JPost story:-

Before leaving for Washington on Saturday night, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reaffirmed his commitment to territorial withdrawal from Judea and Samaria.

"You can read my lips: 'I'm ready for territorial compromises‚ and I haven't changed my mind," Olmert said in an interview with Newsweek-Washington Post.

In the interview, Olmert breathed new life into the realignment plan, which would see Israel retain highly populated settlement blocs within Judea and Samaria and relinquish isolated areas. Until now, analysts had assumed that Olmert had dropped the plan.

But on Saturday he said it could still be on the table, with some modifications.

"After the fighting in Lebanon, and also the failure of the Palestinians to cope with continued terrorist attacks, I have second thoughts about the ability to accomplish the two-state solution through realignment. It is definitely not dead but it has to be reexamined," said Olmert.

According to a government source, Olmert might be willing to give up 90 percent of the West Bank. The source added that this scenario would only be implemented if the Palestinians completely halt terrorism.

...Israel's war with Hizbullah caused politicians to re-think the wisdom of unilateral concessions and ended, until Saturday, any talk of realignment in the near future...

..."One thing I can promise: Under no circumstances am I going to withdraw from the need to engage in a serious dialogue with the Palestinians," he said in the interview. He reconfirmed his commitment both to Bush's road map and to a two-state solution. "We have to find the best partner to do it. A lot depends on the Palestinians," he said.

A partner for negotiations might be found if the negotiations between Fatah and Hamas lead to a unity government of technocrats that halts terror, recognizes Israel and agrees to abide by all past diplomatic agreements, Olmert said.

Once that happens, he said, "I'll be ready to sit down with such a government even if it includes Hamas representatives."

This reads like some racy, adult literature - "Take me, quick, take me, she panted".