Commentary;
Olmert’s multiple committees concept, a cover-up to avoid blame and responsibility for mismanagement of the war, has run afoul of the Attorney General. 2 members of the one of the committees were disqualified because of conflicts of interest. MB
Ivri, Ya’iri off Admoni Committee
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s efforts to set up three different investigative committees to probe the war in Lebanon, rather than a State Commission of Inquiry, hit another snag Tuesday when two members of the committee to look into the political echelon’s conduct of the war were disqualified because of conflict of interest.
Attorney General Menahem Mazuz informed the Prime Minister’s Office that David Ivri and Yedidya Ya’ari could not take part in the committee.
Mazuz’s opinion came the same day the Supreme Court ordered the state to respond to a petition by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel against their appointments.
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Ya’ari, a former navy commander, is president of Rafael, the armaments development authority which has the Defense Ministry as a client. And Maj.-Gen. (res.) Ivri represents Boeing in Israel, which reportedly supplied helicopters and bombs during the war.