20:10 Comptroller: Hebrew University real estate given deflated price tag (Israel Radio)
20:09 Peretz: Incident of soldiers beating left-wing activists will be investigated (Haaretz)
19:31 Presidential election in Knesset tentatively set for June 13 (Haaretz)
19:28 Court upholds life sentences for six members of Greek terrorist group (AP)
19:06 Egypt announces it is offering new `road map` for peace for Sudan (AP)
18:51 Majority of House Cmte. backs 1-day week at Knesset during Shavuot holiday (Haaretz)
18:42 Leopard breaks into Sde Boker community, eats dog and two cats (Ch. 2)
18:21 PA pulls children`s program with Micky Mouse-like character advocating violence (AP)
18:09 Strong explosion strikes Baghdad during visit by U.S. Vice President Cheney (AP)
17:56 Israel marks VE Day with veterans` march in J`lem, special Knesset session (Haaretz)
17:36 IDF clashes with Israeli demonstrators protesting against West Bank roadblocks (Ch. 2)
17:27 Egyptian parliament strips 2 Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers of immunity (AP)
Peres tells Olmert he doesn’t see himself as prime minister candidate
Published: 05.09.07, 20:26 / Israel News
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Vice Premier Shimon Peres to discuss the upcoming presidential elections.
Peres told Olmert that he did not see himself as a candidate for prime minister. Earlier, Peres met with MK Avigdor Itzchaky (Kadima), who promised to look into Peres’ change of being elected president. (Attila Somfalvi)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3397963,00.html
Them in Israel who think they can get Peres to be PM seem to forget he really, really wants to be President, instead. I suspect that job has far, far fewer headaches.
This is interesting. Maybe Egypt is done with extremism I hope.