"Ehud Olmert is the Israeli politician contributing to the path towards negotiated peace with Palestinians to the highest extent. And the agreement was almost reached" before the scandals involving him erupted. The emeritus Patriarch of Jerusalem spoke those words. In an interview with SIR, he tackled the hottest subjects of the Israeli Palestinian crisis. "We shall see how Tzipi Livni will operate; if she follows the right direction, we shall be able to achieve peace", added Sabbah, who said to "agree" with the vision of Livni, according to which "the problem does not concern the ownership of the land but terrorism. The more we shall be late in finding a solution, and the more humiliation and poverty will increase. And terrorists will find fertile breeding ground". "If peace dominates said the patriarch, – the people will lose interest in extremist positions. However, violence in Israel does not stop: pacts have never been followed, and Israeli security has never allowed Palestinians to trust their authorities. Abu Mazen had taken weapons off Palestinians, in accordance with the agreements reached with Israel, but the Israeli entered Palestinian land anyway". Another positive scenario is dialogue between Israel and Syria: "It would be an excellent result for reconciliation in the area, and of Arab countries with Israel. Israel will obtain security with the whole Arab world as soon as it will find peace with Palestine".
