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Commentary;
In the report below, check out Olmert’s fine-print loophole buried on the last lines;
We don’t know if there will be an agreement, what the details of such an agreement will be or if it will be sufficient to bring for Knesset approval.
This Associated Press report on “parlimentary approval” makes that very point;
Mazuz said Olmert qualified that promise by saying that it was not clear the declaration would go far enough to require a vote.
In short, the above quote strongly indicates that Olmert’s loophole is wide enough to drive a division of tanks through, that language of any joint statement or declaration can and will be manipulated such that Olmert would get around presenting it to Knesset for approval. Further, the seemingly vague language would be structured, manipulated and doctored such that Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu would not bolt the government. The teflon Olmert would thus be “home free” to pursue his schemes to further his concessions and relinquishments. MB