We were talking to a pro-Israel activist a few days ago, and they were trying to convince us that Olmert had the capacity to really screw things up before the release of the Winograd or the restoration of sense to Israeli politics forced him out of office. We rolled our eyes because - honestly - Olmert? He's got the political capital of like, us. Turns out, screwed again!

Yeah, we've got nothing. Our understanding of the situation is that not even the Palestinians wanted to be given control of West Bank towns, because they know that they really suck at controlling West Bank towns. Oh well - and least Hamas will have somewhere to set up headquarters when they begin to roll through what's left of Fatah's infrastructure.

Here's the AP article via the WSJ. Abbas has apparently declared that he won't be satisfied unless Israeli concessions on land and prisoners are also coupled with concessions on refugees - and you know what that means.

You know what sucks about this idea? Everything. The next few months are going to be awesome.

References:
* Israel offers Palestinians control of Ramallah, Nablus and Jenin [JPost]
* Abbas and Olmert Meet to Discuss Agenda for Planned Peace Conference [WSJ]
* Arab League Refuses To Drop "Mandatory Israeli Suicide" Demands From Saudi Plan [MR]

Previously:
* Funny Anti-Olmert Commercial From Israel [Subtitled Video]
* Olmert Releasing Prisoners Now So He Won't Have To Release Them Later
* Olmert's Disclosure Of Israel's Nuclear Capability: At Wost, Harmless