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...army and as a critical part of the political-military leadership, and exhibited flaws in professionalism, responsibility and judgment,” the Winograd report says. The commission’s findings have also prompted calls for the resignations of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz, both of whom have been widely blamed for mistakes made during the war. The commission also took Halutz to task for how he dealt with Israel’s civilian political leaders, to whom he served as the top military adviser. “[The chief of staff...
...Olmert will need to focus all of his boisterous charm next week just to keep his government from crumbling. Additionally, an inquiry into Israel's messy summer 2006 war in Lebanon is due out on Monday, and it is expected to lambaste Olmert and his novice Defense Minister Amir Peretz. Furthermore, the danger exists that militants could retaliate by executing the captive Israeli soldier...
...Kadima party include Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Housing Minister Meir Sheetrit. A former Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, and a former head of the Shin Bet, Ami Ayalon, who now serves in the Knesset, are angling to take the top spot in the Labor Party from Amir Peretz, Olmert's coalition partner and his disastrous and unpopular choice as defense minister. And at the head of the line is Likud Party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, another former Prime Minister and an outspoken critic of this government and its readiness to counter the Iranian threat...
...Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse, a critic of the professors, maintained her stance that they are attacking the wrong group for distortions in U.S. foreign policy...
Last week, in a significant decision for millions of non-Orthodox Jews, Israel's Supreme Court annulled the Interior Ministry ruling. Said the court: "There are not two nations?one Jewish and one converted to Judaism." Peretz declared he would appeal the decision. Said Miller: "A stone has been lifted from my head...