Will Comptroller’s Report Have Clout? Will an Independent Commission, Prosecutions Emerge?


Commentary;

Will today’s state comptroller’s report have teeth, clout?? Will it trigger the Knesset State Control Committee’s empowerment by law to order the appointment of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Lebanon conflict?

The regime’s “senior defense officials said Tuesday that the country was prepared, ‘more than ever,’ for another war.” * They claim that;

“The IDF is prepared for a war today better than it was last year,” declared one defense official. “Combat units are trained and the Home Front Command is better prepared today to deal with a missile onslaught than it was last summer.” read more

Do State Comptroller’s Report, Winograd Final Spell New Elections?

Commentary;

It appears that Olmert’s end as prime minister may be coming close. Will the State Comptroller’s report oust him or will the final hammer blow come from the Winograd Committee final report? Or will Olmert either pull off a desperate “agreement” with Abbas or, maybe with
Assad which will solidify his power while seperating us from more Jewish land, causing expusion of more Jews and putting us all in dire peril? Or will Der Shlickster pull off another maneuver testifying to his total contempt for the rule of law and justice? MB read more

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Forget About Olmert Resigning; Press His Enablers to Force New Elections to SAVE the Nation

Column One: The Master Politician and Us, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“Olmert, the major league politician, sits securely on his perch while Olmert, the little league leader, is plunging us into a new war, which like the last one, he is incapable of winning.”

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The primary reason that the Israeli media are ignoring the rapidly gathering mushroom cloud is because Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is a master politician.

Two weeks after the Winograd Committee’s interim report found Olmert responsible for Israel’s defeat at the hands of Iran’s army in Lebanon last summer, almost no one seems to remember there was a report. Olmert has removed his incompetence from the pubic agenda. read more

Who is Manipulating Israel’s Two Top Legal Officials Regarding Obstruction of State Comptroller’s Home Front Security Investigation?

Surrealism as a Form of Government, by Evelyn Gordon

For related reports regarding the obstructions of the state comptroller’s Home Front Security Investigation, and all investigations regarding last summer’s conflict in Lebanon, click here.

“The army… demanding that Lindenstrauss be barred from giving the committee any information at all. And, incredibly, both Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz and Knesset Legal Adviser Nurit Elstein backed this position.”

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Imagine a country where unelected officials could bar members of parliament from asking questions or even prevent parliament from meeting altogether. To most people, this would evoke images of totalitarian states. Yet it is precisely what two of Israel’s top legal officials sought to do last week. read more

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Olmert Evading Solemn PM Responsibilities; Stonewalling and Historical Revisionism Continue

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Channel 2: No Individual Conclusions in Winograd Interim Report, by Aviram Zino (Ynet)

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“Prime minister and defense minister gain four months until Winograd publishes final report.”

The Winograd interim report about the Israeli military and government’s performance during the war in Lebanon , scheduled to be released at the end of March, will not include conclusions about individuals involved but only systemic conclusions, Channel 2 reported Thursday evening. read more

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Of Course, Agendized High Court Joins in Olmert Stonewall Regarding Home Front Security

Related Reports:

Olmert: Using IDF to Stonewall on Homeland Security in Battle for His Political Power in Contempt of Rule of Law??

Olmert Considers Himself Above Rule of Law

State Comptroller Won’t Present Report’s Findings to Knesset, by Aviram Zino (Ynet)

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The Knesset State Control Committee will be presented with the state comptroller’s interim report on the war in Lebanon, but will refrain from discussing preliminary findings or personal recommendations included in the report, the High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday. read more

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Olmert: Using IDF to Stonewall on Homeland Security in Battle for His Political Power in Contempt of Rule of Law??

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Crisis Over Olmert-Comptroller Clash, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)

Zevulun Orlev, chairman of the Knesset’s State Control Committee: The report had been held up more than four months ‘due to the Prime Minister’s failure to cooperate.’”

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State Comptroller and Ombudsman Micha Lindenstrauss is gearing up to publish the initial findings of his investigation into the Home Front situation during last summer’s war against Hizbullah, in spite of fierce resistance from the office of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after he refused to appear at committee hearings. read more

Olmert Considers Himself Above Rule of Law

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Report: Olmert Defied Lindenstrauss War Investigation

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert refused to testify before a panel called by State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss on the poor state of Home Front preparedness during the summer war against Hizbullah terrorists, a weekend report said. The incident occurred at the beginning of the year and Olmert’s testimony was a required part of the investigative process Lindenstrauss undertook.

The report is set to be submitted to the Knesset on Tuesday without input from Olmert. On Saturday night, several organizations called on Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to order Olmert to answer the questions posed to him on the matter by Lindenstrauss. read more

Shavit: “Our Political Elite has Become Unfit”

Corrupt Elite Decried at Herzliya Conference, by Ezra HaLevi (Israel National News)

Journalist Ari Shavit: “‘The development towns, the agricultural communities and the settlements are where the loyalty lies,’ he said. ‘It is amazing that the very people the state neglects most are those who remain faithful to the state. There is a certain type of Jewish identity that cannot be defined that is alive there.’”

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The high level of government corruption and the influence of Israel’s wealthiest families on the functions of the state were the hot topics on the last day of the Herzliya Conference. read more

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Criminal Probe Launched Against Olmert, Other Probes Possible

Police Launch Criminal Probe Against Olmert on Bank Leumi Sale, by by Gil Zohar (Israel National News)

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State prosecutor Eran Shendar ordered Israel Police to launch a criminal probe Tuesday against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert concerning the sale of the government’s shares in Bank Leumi.

Olmert, it is alleged, used his former position as finance minister in order to help two friends who were interested in buying the shares. Olmert has denied interfering in the tender for the state’s controlling interest in the bank. read more