Prime Minister Ehud Olmert cut through a 'secret connection' that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni created between themselves, a diplomatic source told Arutz7/IsraelNationalNews' Hagai Huberman.
The source revealed that in a series of long conversations that Livni and Rice held 'behind Olmert's back,' they agreed that it was time to go 'one step beyond' the Road Map. Livni kept on repeating the words 'diplomatic horizon' to Rice, and Rice understood this as a code denoting a willingness to begin final-status talks with the PA, said the source.
Rice's meeting with Olmert changed this. According to the source, Olmert 'refused to accept the formula the two were trying to sell him,' which would have meant an agreement to discuss the 'core issues' of borders, Jerusalem and Arab refugees.
The source revealed that in a series of long conversations that Livni and Rice held 'behind Olmert's back,' they agreed that it was time to go 'one step beyond' the Road Map. Livni kept on repeating the words 'diplomatic horizon' to Rice, and Rice understood this as a code denoting a willingness to begin final-status talks with the PA, said the source.
Rice's meeting with Olmert changed this. According to the source, Olmert 'refused to accept the formula the two were trying to sell him,' which would have meant an agreement to discuss the 'core issues' of borders, Jerusalem and Arab refugees.