Mahmoud Abbas called Ehud Olmert to offer congratulations on his election victory. The Palestinian Authority president called Olmert on Thursday, two days after Olmert’s Kadima Party won 28 seats in Israel’s 120-seat Knesset, making it the largest party.
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