Ehud Olmert's Kadima (Forward) party won less than one-quarter ofthe available Knesset seats (29 out of 120) in the Israeliparliamentary elections held March 28. A plurality of voters seemsto favor unilateral withdrawal from Judea and Samaria (the WestBank) and left-leaning economic policies.
President Obama's comments to President Medvedev at the Nuclear Security Summit have resulted in a media firestorm. Is President Obama stating the obvious and simply admitting that he will enjoy more flexibility in the realm of foreign policy after he is reelected? Or has he revealed more than meets the eye and actually plans on capitulating to Russian demands?