| Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not propose a US naval blockade of Iran during talks with US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat’s office said on Thursday. Responding to a report this week in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami said the lawmaker and the US delegation she led met only once with Olmert during a May 16-20 visit to Israel and Iraq. “During the luncheon meeting with Prime Minister Olmert, there was never any mention of a US naval blockade of Iranian ports,” Elshami said in a statement. He declined to comment further. |