How long until Olmert resigns?
An inquiry into the conduct of last summer’s war with Hezbollah looks grim for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose approval rating is already smaller than the margin of error. The interim report was leaked to the Associated Press before today’s 5 p.m. press conference, and it’s apparently rife with choice words for Olmert, Defense ...
An inquiry into the conduct of last summer's war with Hezbollah looks grim for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose approval rating is already smaller than the margin of error.
The interim report was leaked to the Associated Press before today's 5 p.m. press conference, and it's apparently rife with choice words for Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, and former military Chief of Staff Dan Halutz.
On Olmert: Guilty of "severe failure in the lack of judgment, responsibility and caution''
An inquiry into the conduct of last summer’s war with Hezbollah looks grim for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose approval rating is already smaller than the margin of error.
The interim report was leaked to the Associated Press before today’s 5 p.m. press conference, and it’s apparently rife with choice words for Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, and former military Chief of Staff Dan Halutz.
On Olmert: Guilty of “severe failure in the lack of judgment, responsibility and caution”
On Peretz: Ill-informed on the readiness of the Israeli Defense Forces
On Halutz: “[U]nprepared” for war
Halutz is long gone, and Peretz has already said he’d step down soon. How long until Olmert submits his own resignation?
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