Israeli PM brushes off Assad's call for talks

Israeli PM brushes off Assad's call for talks: "Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has brushed off a call by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a resumption of peace talks, saying Damascus first had to stop supporting militant groups.

'It is difficult to take Syria's declarations seriously while this country continues to support terrorism by helping Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas among the Palestinians,' Olmert's spokeswoman Miri Eisin told AFP Sunday.

Israel accuses Syria of arming the two militant groups, a charge Damascus denies." Read complete post here.