HUH?

So all them Lebanese women, children, men and other civilians killed for nothing? This is what the offer was from the get go.



Olmert Offers Prisoner Swap

Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, has said Israel is ready to "withdraw from considerable territory", free Palestinian prisoners and release funds to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for the return of a soldier seized in June.

He also said a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip was possible if peace talks were begun.