Far, far too much has been made of Ehud Olmert's outgoing comments as prime minister that appear to favor withdrawal from occupied Palestinian territory. As I have mentioned before, when Olmert was first elected to pursue a pro-disengagement agenda, he responded by invading Lebanon and reinvading Gaza. He also presided over an acceleration of settlement construction, and he leaves office in the wake of rising settler violence against Israelis.
It's easy to say you're pro-peace when you no longer have to confront your own radicals. But when the man was actually in a position to do something, he balked.
There's nothing admirable about that.
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