ISRAEL FREEZES PLAN FOR WEST BANK PULL-OUT

YEAH, THAT'S NOT LOOKING SO SMART RIGHT NOW....

Israel freezes West Bank plans (JTA)
Israel’s government froze plans to pull out from parts of the West Bank. Israeli officials confirmed a report in Friday’s Ha’aretz that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for now has shelved the plan to unilaterally set Israel’s borders by pulling out troops and dismantling West Bank settlements. The plan lost favor in the wake of Israel’s war in Lebanon. Israel’s unilateral withdrawals from Lebanon in 2000 and the Gaza Strip last year did not stop rocket attacks and cross-border raids, but only brought the attackers closer. “It is my assessment the prime minister will not deal with this in the coming period, because it’s really not on the agenda,” Housing Minister Meir Sheetrit told Israel’s Army Radio.

I DOUBT PRIME MINISTER-TO-BE NETANYAHU IS GOING TO REVIVE THE IDEA.