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...dead and dying. And the U.S., with its blatant support of Israeli aggression, has relinquished any hope of being an honest broker between the Jewish state and the Arab world. There can be no peace in the Middle East until Palestinians have justice. What Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has done will make neither Israel nor the rest of the world more secure from violence, hatred and terrorism. Garth Groombridge Southampton, England The Iran Factor In his column on Iran's role in the Middle East conflict [July 24], Joe Klein wove speculation and conjecture into a grand theory that...
...Israeli army may have lost its aura of invincibility along the way. And for that, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his top generals could pay dearly. The once decisive Prime Minister looked dithery last week after twice postponing a major ground offensive. With Israeli tanks revving their engines and more than 20,000 troops advancing into Lebanon, Olmert had good reason to be cautious about a long-lasting ground invasion. By Saturday, the war had cost 131 Israeli lives, 91 of them soldiers. And a major thrust 14 miles north to the Litani river--as envisioned by Halutz...
...fighting between Israel and Hizballah forces in southern Lebanon raged unabated, our reporting sized up Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's strategy, peered into Hizballah's inner workings and outlined six keys to peace. Readers were polarized in their criticism of the warring parties and their respective allies...
...reported as saying that moment will come at 7am on Monday - to drive deep into Lebanon to draw whatever blood and teeth as they can from Hizballah. Even that may not be enough to sway an Israeli public openly doubtful that the war has been won. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has seen his poll numbers take a dive similar to those of President Bush, from upward of 70 percent approval to figures in the low 40s - except that while Bush's slide occurred over the four years that followed 9/11, Olmert's came in just four weeks...
...goes into effect - and diplomats suggested Friday that they were close to a truce deal backed by a 15,000 strong international force - the after-shock of the Lebanon war is expected to shake-up the top echelons of the Israeli military, and it may even threaten Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition government. Israelis overwhelmingly supported Olmert's initial decision to strike hard against Hizballah. But the latest opinion polls by Yediot Ahronot newspaper show a drop in the public's confidence with Olmert, his war cabinet and with the generals...