Tel Aviv, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert criticized the government's lack of interest in engaging in a serious dialogue with the Palestinians.
Towards the very end of Olmert’s administration, he reached out to Abbas and arranged a meeting in secret. He offered Abbas a (iirc) one for one land swap for the largest chunk of the settlements in the West Bank for land south of the West Bank (mostly useless desert but there were promises of development aid). And the occupation would have been ended. Abbas said he’d take it back to his people to consider, and then ghosted him, and Olmert was pushed out of power pretty soon afterwards. Olmert is a Zionist, but he’s maybe the only Israeli leader that ever made a real attempt to end the occupation.
Towards the very end of Olmert’s administration, he reached out to Abbas and arranged a meeting in secret. He offered Abbas a (iirc) one for one land swap for the largest chunk of the settlements in the West Bank for land south of the West Bank (mostly useless desert but there were promises of development aid). And the occupation would have been ended. Abbas said he’d take it back to his people to consider, and then ghosted him, and Olmert was pushed out of power pretty soon afterwards. Olmert is a Zionist, but he’s maybe the only Israeli leader that ever made a real attempt to end the occupation.