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Jerusalem -response agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said
on Sunday that he believed U.S. President
George W. Bush would not change his stance
regarding Syria and Iran, Israel's local
daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on its
website.
Addressing the weekly cabinet meeting,
Olmert was quoted assaying that he is
content with Bush's position on the Iraq
Study Group (ISG) report after the latter
made clear that he will not change his
standing regarding unconditioned direct
talks with Syria and Iran.
The ISG report, which was presented to Bush
on Wednesday, called for direct talks with
Iran and Syria to stabilize Iraq, saying
they need a renewed and sustained commitment
by the United States to a comprehensive
Arab-Israeli peace on all fronts --Lebanon,
Syria and a two-state solution for Israel
and the Palestinians.
In response to the report, Olmert said
Thursday that the conditions were not ripe
for Israel to reopen talks with Syria. The
prime minister also denied there was linkage
between the Iraqi issue and the Mideast
issue
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