Ehud Olmert said he would meet Mahmoud Abbas “any time, any place.” The Israeli prime minister said in a Tel Aviv speech Thursday that the Palestinian Authority president would be surprised “how far we are prepared to go. I can offer him a lot.”
Israeli state prosecutors are reportedly preparing to charge President Moshe Katsav this month with sex crimes. Yediot Achronot reported Thursday that Israel’s Justice Ministry is drafting an indictment against Katsav, who has been accused of raping and molesting several former female employees.
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