Bush’s final days fraught with Israel-related developments

Jewish Telegraphic Agency | Jan. 13, 2009 (News Analysis)

Ehud Olmert was shocked: Condoleezza Rice wasn't doing what she was told. The U.S. secretary of state was going to vote in favor of a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire to the Gaza war.

So Olmert called Rice's boss.

"'You can’t vote for this,’" the Israeli prime minister quoted himself as telling the leader of the free world. "And he gave an order to the secretary of state, and she didn’t ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Extra
Topics: United Nations, Israel, Bush Administration, Gaza, Bush Legacy
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Posted by: Posted by Marsha Iverson - Jan 13, 2009 - 9:07 PM PST
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 by Marsha Iverson - Jan. 18, 2009

Excellent analysis of a whopping diplomatic 'dust-up' between the Bush Administration, Condoleeza Rice, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert over a US abstention in a crucial UN Security Council vote for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

“At a time when Israel is engaged in defending its citizens against the brutality of Hamas terrorism, which has unleashed an outpouring of anti-Semitic rhetoric, ... More »

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