Best Israeli source reports that the decision to send in
mounted and billy club tough guys at Amona settlement on West Bank
was Olmert, acting as a poll reading pol. Olmert sees that he can
get no more votes from the right, so he is zipping left to attract
the vote that despises the settlements, specially the outpost temp
settlements.
Olmert with sweaty palms. Polls show seat count between 33 and
45, and this swing illustrates how the public does not know how to
read him
Read Olmert uncertain.
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