Ehud Olmert brushed off Syria’s recent peace overtures toward Israel as insincere. Asked Wednesday about recent messages that Damascus would enter peace negotiations without preconditions, dropping its usual demand that Israel commit in advance to returning the Golan Heights, the Israeli prime minister called for action as well as words.
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