I remain worried that Prime Minister Olmert will ultimately largely capitulate to Hamas' demands leading Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including those with blood on their hands. The fact that Prime Minister Olmert's government entered into and approved the agreement with the Hezbollah terrorist organization in spite of Mossad and Shin Bet opposition is particularly troubling. At a minimum, it hints that political expediency and not national security considerations drove the decisionmaking. It raises anew the prospect that Prime Minister Olmert's decisionmaking is perhaps increasingly being influenced by his battle for political survival. If so, the Kadima primary could not come soon enough.