Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has suspended his point man for the Gaza truce talks in Egypt for launching a scathing tirade against the outgoing premier last week.
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The move came several days after Amos Gilad, a senior defense ministry official who has shuttled between Egypt and Israel for weeks, blasted Olmert for changing his position in talks to forge a lasting Gaza truce with Hamas.
The Maariv tabloid newspaper quoted Gilad on Feb. 18 as saying the Olmert government had an inconsistent approach to the talks that was "insulting" to the Egyptians. Gilad pointed to Olmert's demand that Hamas agree to free a captive Israeli soldier before Israel eases a blockade on Gaza, as demanded by the Islamists.
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