(IsraelNN.com) Objections to the ever-nearing Middle East summit scheduled for next week in Annapolis are growing in all quarters, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s top ministers.
Syrian officials have said that attending the Annapolis conference will be a waste of time if the status of the Golan Heights, recaptured by Israel in 1967, is not on the agenda.
Saudi Arabian officials have said there isn’t much point in attending if Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiators cannot come to an agreement on a basic joint statement for the event.
Now reports are emerging that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Ehud Barak both told close aides that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is “doing the wrong thing” by going to the Annapolis conference. Likud MK Yuval Shteinitz voiced the allegation Thursday morning in an interview with Voice of Israel government radio. CONTINUE
