Desperate politicians often take outlandish actions in attempts to save their political skins.
Today, Israel's Prime Minister used the weekly cabinet meeting to call Israel's actions a "disgrace."
As far we can tell Olmert did not condemn Abbas for failing to end Palestinian terrorist attacks against Israel (while rockets continue to fall on Israel.)
No, Olmert limited his criticism to his government for not ejecting Jews from their homes.
Using the terminology of Israel's enemies Olmert declared war on hundreds of thousands of Israelis including 180,000 Jews who live in Jerusalem.
This is another move by Olmert to try and deflect attention away from his personal legal problems and the fallout from the release of a report (from the Winograd Commission)on his government's failings during the mismanaged military engagements in Lebanon. Everyone expects Olmert to come in for severe criticism when the report is issued -- in the very near future.
Tell Olmert to stop jeopardizing Israel's security by supporting the Bush-Rice ill-conceived peace initiative. Israel needs a government that stands up for Israel.
WHAT IS THE HURRY REGARDING THE DISMANTLING OF THE WEST BANK..IT WILL JUST BECOME ANOTHER GAZA TO LOB BOMBS INTO ISRAEL..I DO NOT THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE..GOD SAID NOT TO DIVIDE HIS LAND, BUT IS BEING CHOPPED TO PIECES!!!
Posted by: Rita at January 18, 2008 11:32 AM
It is a disgrace for Israel that Olmert the country leads.
Posted by: Dijkstra at January 18, 2008 7:05 AM
The only disgrace we can speak of here is none other than OLMERDE and his clique of cowards and inept morons.
The disgrace is the Israeli people voting in this bunch of good for nothings in an accursed hour and still keeping them in power, instead of ousting them out by law or by force, same as the Kneset parasites and these jokes of a High Court and Attorney General
So now this moron of a PM is selling down the river Jerusalem and the return of sworn enemies of the country, like there are not enough enemies already among the Israeli Arabs proper..
But of course, if Israel doesn't have the guts to get rid of such scum and institutions and choses instead to commit suicide, I guess it is entitled to as a grown up and responsible of its actions, right ???
Now OLMERDE claims he will take action against the Kassams and mortars bombardment...
What is he going to do ??
Sprinkle salt on their tails, as my mother 's expression in Yiddish ???
Instead of paying back in kind with the same type of primitive rockets, the morons see fit to risk the life of pilots, loss of costly equipment and costly ordnance to kill one or two terrorists....
If this is not braying, pry tell me what does it amount to.....
Posted by: jacob mandelblum at January 18, 2008 6:45 AM
I hope that quiet remains in Israel during this turbulent political time. It seems to me that Mr. Olmert will face a very costly blow when the Winograd Commission report comes to light. Perhaps at that time the people of Israel will deem it necessary to hold elections in order to elect a leader who is both a true leader of the Israeli people standing up for the rights of the sovereign State of Israel and one who shows the world with his perspicacity and probity that He is worthy of leading the Jewish nation.
Posted by: Yoel Nitzarim at January 14, 2008 6:42 PM
PM Olmert is a complete hipocrite. According to a report in Frontpage News, he is the one who is delaying the evacuation:
Defense officials: Olmert is delaying outpost plan
‘We’ve presented plan to dismantle illegal West Bank outposts 3 times’
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
Why? Is it because he wants to wage a civil war on Jews Amona style.
And then he calls it a disgrace that the outposts are still there!!
Posted by: Evn Perach at January 14, 2008 2:42 AM
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