Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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‘Livni Secretly Met IDF Intel. Head’
Commentary:
Livni went behind PM’s back because he allegedly kept her out of the national security loop. But being mad at Livni is a poor, lame excuse for shenanigans with Jewish lives on the line. MB
What Olmert, Peretz, and Halutz Said
Not One Cabinet Member Acted Responsibly During Lebanon War: Dan Meridor
PM Blames Former IDF Chief of Staff for War’s Outcome
PM Blamed Halutz for War’s Outcome
Olmert to Winograd: Halutz Told Me the Army Was Ready
Olmert to Winograd Commission: IDF Let Letself Down
DM Blamed IDF for His Lack of Knowledge
Peretz to Winograd Commission: I Thought Army Was Prepared for War
‘I Was Not Told Army Was Under-Trained’
MK Sa’ar Says Peretz Testimony Reveals Embarrassing Ignorance
Political Attempt to Push Responsibility on Army – Doomed, says MK Shalom
Arrogance, by Liat Collins (Jerusalem Post)
“THESE LEADERS were guilty of the same sin as their predecessors in 1973: … Haconceptzia – “The Concept” – a narrow security rationale that held that the Arabs had no capacity to wage war.”
“In the summer of 2006 contingency plans existed but were not implemented, and the country went to war led by Olmert, Peretz and Halutz, all trusting Halutz’s overriding belief that air power would determine the outcome, what has become known as Haconceptzia ha’avirit – facts on the burning ground be damned.”
Column One, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“The report’s concentration on the personal failures of the three men serves mainly to strengthen the Left’s push to place all the blame for the war’s dismal outcome on the personal incompetence of Israel’s leaders. This it does by deliberately ignoring the ideological and cognitive failure of the government and the Israeli establishment as a whole. It was this failure that led to the war and to its dismal outcome.”
Kadima Rebellion Against Olmert Gathers Pace, By Gil Hoffman and Sheera Claire Frenkel (Jerusalem Post)
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An effort inside Kadima to overthrow the party’s chairman, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, began to snowball Tuesday as more and more MKs said privately that Olmert would soon have no choice but to resign.
Amid reports that Olmert himself does not know whether he will survive, his main Kadima rival, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, is expected to make a statement about Olmert in Wednesday’s cabinet meeting that could decide whether the opposition to the prime minister will escalate into full-scale rebellion.
Winograd Report in English Due Monday, by Dan Izenberg (Jerusalem Post)
Winograd Interim Report, Media Briefing on Monday
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The government-appointed Winograd Committee of Examination will publish its interim report on the events of the Second Lebanon War on Monday, the committee said on Wednesday in a press communique.
According to the committee’s statement, the censored report and Winograd’s statement will be available in English and Hebrew versions, on the committee’s official Internet site.
For related reports about the Winograd committee and Olmert’s apparent manipulations throughout, click here.
Commentary;
Where are Shavit, Margalit and the other so-called “crusaders” and why aren’t they screaming about this latest apparent Olmert manipulation?? MB
Olmert Meets With Prominent Leftists
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Haaretz newspaper reported Wednesday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has met with several prominent extreme-left activists in the past few weeks. Among the meetings was a three-hour private conversation with left-wing author Amos Oz.
Families Demand Winograd Be Published
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A group of bereaved families demanded on Sunday that Judge Eliahu Winograd, who heads the Winograd Committee of investigation into the Second Lebanon War, publish transcripts of the committee hearings.
“If you don’t intend to abide by this court order,” the families wrote in a letter, “We call on you to resign from the committee, in order to set up a state committee of inquiry and disband this shameless government.”
The state prosecutor backed up the Winograd Committee’s request not to publish transcripts of the committee protocols until an official interim report was issued.
Analysis: Question Marks Over Winograd, By Anshel Pfeffer (Jerusalem Post)
“We are in for 40 days of political paralysis. Now that everyone knows that Winograd and his four colleagues will indeed be deciding the prime minister’s fate straight after Pessah, everything will go on hold.”
Excerpts;
The announcement Tuesday afternoon by the Winograd Committee that it will be including personal findings on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and former chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Dan Halutz in its interim report created just as many question marks as it dispelled.
Light, Not Leaks (Jerusalem Post Editorial)
“In principle, of course, keeping the citizenry in the dark negates the commission’s raison d’etre – to uncover what went wrong, expose errors and name those responsible.”
Full Text;
Last week the public was told that the Winograd Commission’s interim report on the conduct of last summer’s Lebanese conflict, expected on March 27, will include no “personal recommendations.”
Moreover, no “warnings will be issued” to top brass, thereby lowering the likelihood of eventual stringent conclusions.