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    Israeli minister quits over war

    Last Updated: Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 09:40 GMT 10:40 UK

    About 1,200 Lebanese and 160 Israelis were killed in the war
    A member of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet has resigned in protest against Israel's handling of its 2006 war against Lebanon.

    Eitan Cabel is the first member of the government to step down after a report accused Mr Olmert and his government of failures of judgment over the war.

    "I cannot sit in a government headed by Ehud Olmert," Mr Cabel said, calling for Mr Olmert to resign immediately.

    Mr Olmert says he intended to stay in office despite the damning report.

    'Trust lost'

    Mr Cabel, who did not hold a portfolio, said Mr Olmert should resign as he had "lost the trust of the people" following the investigation.

    The six-month government probe, led by retired judge Eliahu Winograd, accused Mr Olmert of "serious failure in exercising judgement, responsibility and prudence" during the war against Hezbollah.

    It also accused Defence Minister Amir Peretz and then chief of staff General Dan Halutz of serious failures, but stopped short of calling for any resignations.

    Gen Halutz has already stepped down, and Mr Olmert and Mr Peretz are under pressure.

    Mr Olmert is already suffering unprecedented unpopularity levels and is expected to face calls for his resignation at a mass rally planned for Thursday in Tel Aviv.

    Mr Cabel was a member of the Labour Party, the main partner in the ruling coalition with Mr Olmert's Kadima party.

    About 1,200 Lebanese and 160 Israelis were killed after Israel launched a 34-day war against Hezbollah militants who had captured two Israeli soldiers.

    The two soldiers remain in captivity.

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    "The two soldiers remain in captivity."

    But I thought they killed all of those children in order to gain the release of these two soldiers? What happened? The whole thing was just dropped? It can't be that they never gave a crap about the two soldiers and used it as an excuse to invade Lebanon, weaken Hezbollah, so that Bush could attack Iran next, could it? Well, that backfired. Getting your ass kicked...not a great way to "weaken" anybody.

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    imho the current Jewish and US administrations bear an uncanny resemblance...
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    It's not that simple about Olmert. Here, for example, Israeli right-wing groups praises him to the heavens: http://samsonblinded.org/news/israel...s-resigns-2562

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    Israelis political system is fractured and there are a lot of extreme left and right wing people up even in the cabinet. They form coalitions of lots of parties making up a large percentage of parliament so that if one party calls it quits it won't bring the whole thing down. So, this is actually to be expected somewhat.
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