Jerusalem Post: Meet the ex prime ministers club. Recently convened by Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, its mission, to discuss the Iranian nuclear issue (and keep potential Olmert political critics inside rather than outside on this issue, for now at least):

The source said that beyond Olmert's desire to tap into the experience of the former prime ministers, there was also a political component to the issue: These meetings would be a way for Olmert to build a national consensus on how to deal with Iran and to neutralize any possible future criticism of the government's Iran policy by Netanyahu.

Peres, meanwhile, met over the weekend with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as with leaders from both Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, at a security conference in Kazakhstan.

One of the focuses of the talks was Iran, and Peres, according to sources in his office, was expected to brief Olmert, Barak and Netanyahu on the Azerbaijani and Tajik take on Ahmadinejad. [...]

Netanyahu intends to report to the prime minister on his meetings over the weekend at the American Enterprise Institute conference in Boulder, Colorado. Netanyahu spoke at great length on the Iranian issue with US Vice President Dick Cheney.

(Thx to reader S).

Posted by Laura at June 20, 2006 12:08 PM