Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has resigned, said The Jerusalem Post in an editorial, but “it may be a long good-bye.” He will probably stay until his Kadima Party picks a successor in a Sept. 17 primary. And he doesn’t intend to be a caretaker—he says he plans to try to make a last-ditch effort to lay the groundwork for a peace deal with the Palestinians.
That would make a “mockery” of the peace process, said Bettina Marx in Germany’s Deutsche Welle. “Neither Olmert nor Abbas can rely on the majority of their voters. Both no longer have a mandate to make decisions with far-reaching effects.” So, for now, the hope for progress is on hold.
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