Analysis: A Crisis of Confidence, By Anshel L. Pfeffer
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Olmert could be excused for believing that he has handled things pretty well until now, but whether he likes it not, the Gilad Shalit saga, now into its second week, has defined his first half-year in power and could well cast a pall over the next.
The final resolution of Shalit’s saga notwithstanding, it will take a Herculean effort on the part of Olmert and his cabinet to regain one of their most important assets, the confidence of the military and the intelligence establishment.
