Israel reveals Olmert plot

PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said yesterday that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was never seriously threatened by an assassination plot and promised to do his best to rein in West Bank militants.

There was nothing “imminently dangerous”, Mr Fayyad said as he arrived for a meeting in Jerusalem.

“We are trying the very best we can to bring law and order to the cities, villages and areas that are under our control.”