Rice and Olmert indulge in more fantasy-based policymaking. “Rice Wants Syria, Other Arab States, at Mideast Talks (Update1),” by Janine Zacharia for Bloomberg (thanks to Steve): Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Syria and Saudi Arabia to join an international meeting later this year in Washington that will work … Continue reading In wake of thwarted Yom Kippur attack, Olmert approves release of 90 Palestinians as goodwill gesture for Ramadan