Zionist PM in mire over Lebanon war
Source: alalam.ir, 28-01-2008
AL-QUDS-The Zionist Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces a new test this week with the release of the final report into "Israel's" 2006 war against Lebanon.
An occupying regime-appointed commission headed by former judge Eliyahu Winograd will deliver the report to Olmert on Wednesday, eight months after an interim inquiry found the premier and other leaders responsible for "severe failures."
Although the report is not expected to contain a direct call for Olmert to resign, an official closely involved in the commission's work said that "the report will be as harsh as the previous one."
As the key day nears, bereaved families, reservists and politicians have renewed calls for Olmert to step down over the 33-day war on Lebanon in 2006.
Last week, 50 reserve infantry company commanders sent Olmert a letter calling on him to assume responsibility for the failures of the war.
The reservists wrote in the petition: "It is not just our right but our duty to demand you retract this and you declare that you will accept the conclusions of the final Winograd Committee report."
Olmert, who has also been embroiled in allegations of corruption, has already been quoted as saying that he had "absolutely no intention" to step down after the release of the final report.
But his future depends on his key coalition partner, the center-left Labor party, whose chairman, War Minister Ehud Barak, has said he would decide on whether to quit only after the report is released.
Labor's exit would leave the governing coalition short of the necessary 61 MP majority in the 120-member parliament.
Although Barak has hinted he did not wish to bring down the regime -- a move that would likely lead to new elections and a victory of the right-wing Likud party -- he might be unable to resist public pressure.
The conflict staged by the Zionist regime on Lebanese nation killed more than 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and more than 160 "Israelis", mostly soldiers.
AL-QUDS-The Zionist Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces a new test this week with the release of the final report into "Israel's" 2006 war against Lebanon.
An occupying regime-appointed commission headed by former judge Eliyahu Winograd will deliver the report to Olmert on Wednesday, eight months after an interim inquiry found the premier and other leaders responsible for "severe failures."
Although the report is not expected to contain a direct call for Olmert to resign, an official closely involved in the commission's work said that "the report will be as harsh as the previous one."
As the key day nears, bereaved families, reservists and politicians have renewed calls for Olmert to step down over the 33-day war on Lebanon in 2006.
Last week, 50 reserve infantry company commanders sent Olmert a letter calling on him to assume responsibility for the failures of the war.
The reservists wrote in the petition: "It is not just our right but our duty to demand you retract this and you declare that you will accept the conclusions of the final Winograd Committee report."
Olmert, who has also been embroiled in allegations of corruption, has already been quoted as saying that he had "absolutely no intention" to step down after the release of the final report.
But his future depends on his key coalition partner, the center-left Labor party, whose chairman, War Minister Ehud Barak, has said he would decide on whether to quit only after the report is released.
Labor's exit would leave the governing coalition short of the necessary 61 MP majority in the 120-member parliament.
Although Barak has hinted he did not wish to bring down the regime -- a move that would likely lead to new elections and a victory of the right-wing Likud party -- he might be unable to resist public pressure.
The conflict staged by the Zionist regime on Lebanese nation killed more than 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and more than 160 "Israelis", mostly soldiers.
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