Right now Israel is in the grip of political turmoil. The Winograd Commission says the Prime Minister and the Defense Minister were directly and overwhelmingly at fault for the bungled Lebanon campaign. The public has responded by expressing its outrage with 200,000 calling for the resignations of Olmert and Peretz loudly in Rabin Square. Liberal MK Paz-Pines is setting up a tent in front of the Prime Ministers residence that he will live in until the PM resigns. Foreign Ministr Tzipi Livni, a leading candidate to replace Olmert has called for his resignation. While Olmert may be accused of military naivety he is a professional politician fighting hard in the trenches for his political life. Rockets flew again yesterday from Gaza to S'derot, this time damaging a house. The US government suggests that if the Palestinians stop firing rockets the Israelis will eliminate a number of their hundreds of checkpoints and make travel by Palestinians easier. Hamas military chief, Khaled Mashaal told Al Jazeera TV; "I swear it's a joke ... the equation has now become: dismantling the checkpoints, in exchange for (giving up) resistance," he said. "This has become the Palestinian cause." And the IDF killed three members of the Islamic Jihad group in Jenin. A Palestinian government spokesman called the killings an escalation while Islamic Jihad vowed revenge. You would think that somebody would learn that this unending game of hit and be hit only promises more death and less peace.
Shalom-Salaam-Peace,
Larry
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