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July 15, 2009

Israel's Secret Peace Deal

Aluf Benn, Haaretz

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American special Mideast envoy George Mitchell should make a stop at Tel Aviv's Platinum Tower on his next visit to Israel for a chat with former prime minister Ehud Olmert. He will find it interesting. Olmert will tell him that on September 13, 2008, after he resigned and became caretaker prime minister, he hosted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his home in Jerusalem and presented him with a detailed proposal for a peace agreement.

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TAGGED: Ehud Olmert, George Mitchell, Tel Aviv, Israel, United States, Tel Aviv's Platinum Tower, Prime Minister, special Mideast envoy

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