Ira Glunts writes:
I think we are having the first confrontation between Team Obama and Team Israel.
Olmert is being widely quoted in the Hebrew press as stating that the reply to Hamas over the killing of the non-commissioned officer "is yet to come."
Mitchell has announced in a meeting with Mubarak in Cairo that the stabilization of the "ceasefire is vital."
My guess is that Olmert wins this battle.
Remember how many people were saying Olmert was undergoing a "conversion" a few months ago? Maybe the Prime Minister has forgotten that he is a "peacenik" now.
Could this little drama set the tone for the immediate future of US-Israeli relations?
