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...political response to the resignation of Israel top military man, Lt. General Dan Halutz, is a portent about a coming shakedown in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet...
...Adam, 47, head of the Israeli Defense Forces' northern command, which spearheaded last month's conflict with Hizballah militants in Lebanon; in protest over how the fighting was managed; in Biranit, Israel. Adam, who reportedly clashed over tactics with his superior, army chief of staff Lieut. General Dan Halutz, is the first senior Israeli official to step down amid mounting domestic criticism of the Lebanon offensive...
...Lebanon cease-fire is holding for a second day, but the casualties in Israeli politics are just starting to mount. Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, an ex-fighter pilot who was the chief strategist of Israel's less-than-satisfactory war against Hizballah, is still catching flak for Israel's failure to deliver a killing blow to Hizballah during the four-week campaign. But Haltuz is now in deep trouble on the home front as well, where he stands accused of an unusual case of insider trading that some might argue borders on war profiteering...
...When news broke of Halutz's share sell-off, legislators, radio announcers and normally bland-faced TV anchors all began calling for his resignation. The country's top-ranked warrior admitted selling off the shares, but denied doing any wrong. One Knesset member said Halutz was guilty of insider trading, not to mention taking his eye off Hizballah in the critical, early stages of the conflict, when it still seemed possible that Israeli searchers might rescue the two captured soldiers...
...Halutz's two superiors, Prime Minster Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz, are also in dismal shape with Israelis. A Haaretz newpaper poll on the eve of the U.N.sponsored truce with Hizballah showed Olmert's approval rating dropping from 75% at the start of the Lebanon campaign to 48%. Peretz fell even lower, from 65% to 37%. After the cease-fire, opposed by many Israelis who thought that Olmert buckled to international pressure and gave up the fight against Hizballah too soon, the Prime Minister's popularity may well have fallen even further...