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Winograd Probe Into 2nd Lebanon War
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Key stories in the media:
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Israel Radio quoted State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack as
saying in Tuesday that on Thursday representatives of the Quartet
will meet in Sharm el-Sheikh with Egyptian, Jordanian, Saudi, and
Syrian officials.
Maariv reported that President Bush will be the special guest of
former cabinet minister Natan Sharansky at a conference on democracy
and international security that Sharansky will convene in Prague
early in June.
All media highlighted opposition to PM Ehud Olmert in the ranks of
his party, Kadima. The Jerusalem Post quoted an official close to
Olmert as saying that Knesset members allying themselves with him
had begun discussing ways for Olmert to negotiate an "honorable
departure" from his office. The Jerusalem Post bannered: "Kadima
Rebellion Gathers Pace," and Makor Rishon-Hatzofe: "Crumbling In
Kadima." Leading media reported that Olmert is expected to warn FM
Tzipi Livni at a meeting between the two today that she cannot
continue to undermine him and still hold her position as deputy
premier. Major media (banner in Yediot and Maariv) said that Livni
is demanding Olmert's resignation. Ha'aretz reported that on
Tuesday Olmert and his aides were highly critical of what they said
was Livni's open and active role in efforts within Kadima to remove
Olmert. Ha'aretz quoted sources in FM Tzipi Livni's bureau as
denying on Tuesday that the FM was in any way involved in efforts by
coalition whip Avigdor Yitzhaki to rally Kadima Knesset members
against Olmert. Yitzhaki told IDF Radio this morning that he will
resign his post of coalition coordinator if Olmert does not step
down. Media reported that Livni is expected to make a statement
about Olmert at today's cabinet meeting that The Jerusalem Post said
could decide whether the opposition to Olmert will escalate into
full-scale rebellion. However, Ha'aretz quoted sources in Kadima
affiliated with Livni as saying that she intends to tell Olmert --
perhaps even during their meeting today -- that he should resign,
since he has lost the support of the public. These sources also
maintained that Livni intends to resign, taking into consideration
that her time as FM is probably limited anyway because Olmert is not
likely to be in power for much longer. However, Ha'aretz quoted
other senior sources in Kadima as saying that Livni is still
debating whether to resign or strongly criticize Olmert, and that
she is still open to the possibility of him leading efforts at
reform. Ha'aretz quoted some Kadima sources as saying that if Livni
resigned, she would receive broad public support, and this would
increase her chances of taking over the premiership and the
leadership of Kadima from Olmert. Electronic media quoted Olmert as
saying at a cabinet meeting this morning that no one should draw too
hasty conclusions from the Winograd report.
Maariv reported that the Labor Party's Central Committee will
present Kadima with an ultimatum, most likely on May 10: Only if
Olmert is replaced at the head of Kadima will Labor remain in the
government coalition. Leading media reported that cabinet ministers
Eli Yishai, and Avigdor Lieberman, respective leaders of Shas and
Yisrael Beiteinu, have agreed to back Olmert.
Leading media reported that today Olmert will present the cabinet
with a proposal to "adopt the main points of the Winograd report"
and work toward implementing its recommendations. Ha'aretz said
that, under this proposal, the government will set up a task force,
headed by a retired defense official (other major media reported
that former IDF chief of staff and former cabinet minister Amnon
Lipkin-Shahak has agreed to assume this responsibility), which will
flesh out the committee's recommendations for improving the
decision-making process on diplomatic and security issues. The
group will be asked to formulate a plan and present it within 30
days. Ha'aretz wrote that a special ministerial committee headed by
the PM will then approve these proposals and supervise their
implementation. In addition to Olmert, the committee will include
Livni, Vice PM Shimon Peres, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and
Ministers Shaul Mofaz, Eli Yishai and Avigdor Lieberman. The
Jerusalem Post reported that three high-level bodies, Israel's
National Security Council, the Foreign Ministry, and the Knesset's
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, hope to increase their
influence on defense planning in the aftermath of the report.
Ha'aretz reported that, in its interim report, the Winograd
Commission extensively addressed the Foreign Ministry's role and the
fact that from the first few days of the war it prepared the
diplomatic ground that led to Security Council Resolution 1701 that
brought a cease-fire. The report also warned against what it
described as the army's excessively dominant role in the
decision-making process in political-defense issues and stressed
that the Foreign Ministry was not sufficiently included in the staff
work during the war. Ha'aretz reported that the commission will
publish the testimonies of Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz, and
former IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz in two weeks. Ha'aretz also
wrote that the commission's interim report left out many vital
issues, including the home front and Israel's diplomatic moves
during the war. The daily reported that those issues will only
appear in the final report, scheduled for release in another five
months.
The media reported that on Thursday a mass rally will be held in Tel
Aviv in the aftermath of the publication of the Winograd
Commission's interim report. The media reported that marchers are
converging on Tel Aviv.
The Jerusalem Post reported that, following the publication of the
Winograd report, the Arab media are trumpeting signs of Israel's
defeat. The newspaper also reported that Palestinian leaders are
warning about an Israeli backlash in the Gaza Strip.
Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post reported that the State Prosecutor's
Office told the High Court of Justice that Olmert has asked Peretz
to prepare a plan by the end of May (according to Maariv, within two
months) for evacuating illegal outposts. The plan would call for a
gradual evacuation of illegal outposts from simpler to more complex
evacuations, based on a number of parameters. These include the
expected amount of opposition; outposts that have already been
served with legal notices, allowing for their immediate evacuation;
small outposts; and outposts on private Palestinian land. Ha'aretz
quoted Peace Now, which is among the petitioners to remove the
outpost of Migron, as saying on Tuesday that the "government is
trying to gain time; instead of setting a precise date for the
evacuation of the outposts, it is postponing it for two more months.
The state is avoiding the issue by not saying which outposts are
involved." Ha'aretz and Maariv quoted the spokesman for the Yesha
Council of Jewish Settlements in the Territories, settlements,
Yishai Hollender, as saying that the state's response to the High
Court was "very surprising since the Prime Minister knows the issue
of the outposts can be solved through dialogue with the settlement
leaders. The Prime Minister knows that the Defense Minister cannot
do everything and that he should appoint a team to solve the
problem." Ha'aretz quoted the settlers' group Homesh First as
saying that as long as illegal Arab construction was not being dealt
with, the demand to remove the outpost constituted "persecution of
the settlers for the sole purpose of political survival. Not only
will Olmert fail in this mission, Homesh will be rebuilt." Homesh
was one of the four northern West Bank settlements evacuated in 2005
along with the settlements in the Gaza Strip. Makor Rishon-Hatzofe
also mentioned Olmert's request of Peretz.
The Jerusalem Post and Makor Rishon-Hatzofe cited the latest annual
report of the US Trade Representative (USTR), which found that
Israel does not respect intellectual property rights. Makor
Rishon-Hatzofe reported that the USTR's report obstructs Israel's
bid to be admitted to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development. Makor Rishon-Hatzofe cited the Industry, Trade, and
Labor Ministry's response that Israel abides by all international
treaties to which it is a signatory, and that it provides adequate
protection to right-holders in all felids.
Yediot reported that Jewish children from Hebron stole furniture
from local Palestinians in order to kindle bonfires for the
traditional holiday of Lag Ba'omer.
All media reported that this morning Attorney General Menachem Mazuz
will hold a hearing in the case of Israeli President Moshe Katsav,
who is expected to face a trial over alleged sexual offenses.
Makor Rishon-Hatzofe quoted the PA newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida as
saying that Falastin, the first independent Palestinian daily, will
be officially launched on Thursday.
All media reported on the alleged killing of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the
leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq. US officials said they could not
confirm the reported death. In an unrelated development, Yediot
reported that a mixed Jewish-Muslim family from Iraq secretly
immigrated to Israel several days ago. Maariv reported that the
Jewish Agency is trying to bring to Israel thousands of Iraqi Jews
who converted to Islam.
Yediot quoted former CIA Director George Tenet as saying in a book
he has just published that he had influenced former US President
Bill Clinton not to release convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, who was
expected to be freed as part of the Wye Agreement.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the Rabbinical Council of America
postponed the scheduled announcement of an agreement with Israel's
Chief Rabbinate on recognizing each other's Orthodox conversions on
Monday, after a misunderstanding became evident following an article
in The Jerusalem Post.
The Jerusalem Post reported that US software giant Microsoft Corp.
plans to spend USD 100 million over the next five year to expand
activities and investments at its Israeli R&D centers in the areas
of telecom, Internet, security, and digital entertainment, including
the expansion of its Herzliya Pituah facility. Additionally,
Microsoft designated its offices here as a "Strategic R&D Center,
one on only three in the world outside the US, with the other two
being in China and India.
Ha'aretz published the results of a poll that it conducted on
Tuesday with the Dialog institute and was directed by Prof. Camil
Fuchs of Tel Aviv University:
-Forty percent of respondents favor elections (51 percent in a
parallel Yediot poll), especially on the right wing. Sixty-eight
percent (65 percent in the Yediot survey), want Olmert to resign, an
almost identical percentage that appeared in previous polls on this
question. Ha'aretz said that, in this sense, the major shock of the
Winograd report has not left its mark on the people.
- "Were elections for the Knesset to be held today, which party
would you vote for?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets,
seats in current Knesset.)
-Likud 30 (12); Labor Party 21 (19); Kadima 14 (29); Yisrael
Beiteinu 11 (11); Shas 10 (12); National Union-National Religious
Party 8 (9); United Torah Judaism 7 (6); Meretz-Yahad 6 (5); Gil -
Pensioners' Party 2 (7); Arab parties 11 (10).
Maariv printed the results of a TNS/Teleseker Polling Institute
survey:
-"In the wake of the Winograd report, do you believe that Olmert
should resign his position?" Yes: 72.8 percent; no: 17.4 percent.
-Depending on the configuration of party leaders during elections
held today, respondents would grant Likud 30 to 37 Knesset seats,
Kadima from 12 to 22 seats, and Labor 12 to 22 seats.
The three major Hebrew-language dailies found that Likud leader
Binyamin Netanyahu is the most popular politician among Israelis.
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Winograd Probe Into 2nd Lebanon War:
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Summary:
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Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the
mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "[Foreign Minister
Tzipi] Livni has decided to be prime minister. She is convinced
that she can do it. She wants to. And one can presume that in her
estimation, the position will soon be available."
Diplomatic correspondent Ben Caspit wrote on page one of the
popular, pluralist Maariv: "Today and tomorrow will be fateful for
Ehud Olmert.... Tzipi Livni, on the other hand, will finally have to
make a decision."
Senior op-ed writer Uzi Benziman commented in the independent,
left-leaning Ha'aretz: "From the point of view of the Prime Minister
and Defense Minister, it makes no difference whether the commission
concluded that they conducted themselves perfectly last summer or
were utter failures: They are staying in their seats."
Chief Economic Editor Sever Plotker opined in Yediot Aharonot:
"[Olmert's] government was born with a severe defect in the
backbone, and it will die with no backbone at all."
Ha'aretz editorialized: "The Knesset and the political parties must
change the government soon by appointing an agreed-on candidate like
Shimon Peres, who would serve until elections at an agreed-on future
date."
The conservative, independent Jerusalem Post editorialized:
"Alongside the failures of leadership, the [Winograd] report makes
plain that glaring conceptual and organizational dysfunction
contributed crucially to what went wrong in the Second Lebanon
War."
¶P. Hovav wrote in the ultra-Orthodox Yated Ne'eman: "Israel did not
enjoy ... heavenly assistance during the Second Lebanon War.... What
caused [its failure] is the 'sin of arrogance' that transpires from
the spirit of the report, which says that the only thing needed to
win a war is to run operations without failures."
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¶I. "Livni's Time Has Come"
Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the
mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (5/2): "The Winograd
report caused a serious shakeup in at least one senior minister.
Tzipi Livni read the report, heard the prime minister announce that
he would not resign, and launched a feverish series of talks. Livni
on the day after the report is determined to be different from Livni
on the day before. The difference can be summed up in one short
sentence: Livni has decided to be prime minister. She is convinced
that she can do it. She wants to. And one can presume that in her
estimation, the position will soon be available. She is
deliberating what to do: Should she wait for the government's
collapse or should she take action, resign from the government and
thereby possibly hasten its end. It is reasonable to assume that
she will choose an intermediate path today, and hold a clarification
meeting with Olmert of a confrontational nature. The question is
more tactical than strategic: The first signs of the coalitionQs
disintegration appeared on Tuesday.... Olmert reached the conclusion
that Livni has a character problem, and Livni reached the conclusion
that Olmert has a character problem. Politicians know how to
overcome differences of views. They have a harder time dealing with
differences of characters. Tzipi Livni does not have an orderly
plan for battling Olmert. That is not how she works. But she has
apparently become convinced that her time has come to come down from
the bleachers to the field. She will not be awaited there by green
grass, but rather by a mud bath. It will be interesting to see
whether she is cut out for it."
II. "His Fate Is Already Sealed"
Diplomatic correspondent Ben Caspit wrote on page one of the
popular, pluralist Maariv (5/2): "Today and tomorrow will be fateful
for Ehud Olmert.... The political commotion that is being waged now
between everyone is unprecedented in its fiery passion, and in the
endless political possibilities and scenarios that it generates. It
is a perspiring, vocal cockfight, from which only one rooster will
come out alive. If it is Olmert, he will win a life expectancy of a
few more months, until the big cat comes along and devours him.
Tzipi Livni, on the other hand, will finally have to make a
decision. Until today she has spent an entire career devoid of real
decisions or risks. Now it has come, and today she has to choose.
It is a tough and life-endangering decision."
III. "Stiff-Necked"
Senior op-ed writer Uzi Benziman commented in the independent,
left-leaning Ha'aretz (5/2): "There is no surprise in Olmert's
refusal to resign, on the grounds that the Winograd Commission did
not specifically make such a recommendation. Throughout his public
life, he has walked the fine line between what is acceptable and
what is not, in a way that honest people would seek to avoid. The
compass that guided him was not what is proper but what is
technically permissible.... When Olmert (and Amir Peretz) refuse to
reach the necessary conclusions and resign from the country's
leadership, they relegate the commission's views to the status of a
newspaper article. From the point of view of the Prime Minister and
Defense Minister, it makes no difference whether the commission
concluded that they conducted themselves perfectly last summer or
were utter failures: They are staying in their seats."
IV. "Born With a Defect in the Spine"
Chief Economic Editor Sever Plotker opined in Yediot Aharonot (5/2):
"The Olmert government was born with a severe defect in the
backbone. This defect crippled and paralyzed it from the outset;
hunched over and of small stature, it dragged itself down the
staircase of history, without the ability to straighten up.
Disabled from birth, it did not fight against its disabilities but
rather became addicted to them, and will soon fall. It will fall
not because of the Winograd report, which reads like an opinion
about an unruly class, which was written in the teacher's room of an
elitist school, but because the public became fed up with it many
months ago -- in fact, immediately upon its founding.... Had Olmert
appointed [Amir] Peretz as finance minister and Shaul Mofaz as
defense minister, Hizbullah would have been deterred from kidnapping
soldiers, knowing the iron hand of Mofaz, who broke the Intifada.
Amir Peretz in the Finance Ministry would have opposed going to a
retribution war -- while Amir Peretz in the Defense Ministry
enthusiastically supported it.... Good leadership is tested by the
ability of the leader to put the right people in the right
positions, to prefer the general good to the good of the individual
and to win the trust of the people being led. Olmert failed in
these tests long before the Winograd Committee sat down to write the
final version of its partial report. His government was born with a
severe defect in the backbone, and it will die with no backbone at
all."
¶V. "How to End the Crisis"
Ha'aretz editorialized (5/2): "Image consultants, some of whom are
also cabinet ministers, dug through the Winograd report and found a
few sentences taken out of context, which they believe show that
Ehud Olmert must remain Prime Minister to repair the defects the
commission pointed out. But the main correction the current
government must carry out is to replace an irresponsible Prime
Minister. This Prime Minister, according to the report, is
endangering the public well-being with conduct that is boastful and
rash, and stems from baseless self-confidence and the methodical
silencing of any attempt at debate and critique.... In the coming
days the country will be judged by the response of its institutions
and its citizens to the crisis. The Knesset and the political
parties must change the government soon by appointing an agreed-on
candidate like Shimon Peres, who would serve until elections at an
agreed-on future date. The public must be on its guard and show
those responsible the way out. Only after this happens can the
necessary institutional changes be discussed, and management with
greater responsibility and oversight be demanded in matters of
state."
VI. "Fixing the System"
The conservative, independent Jerusalem Post editorialized (5/2):
"Apart from essential personnel changes at the national helm, as all
but explicitly mandated by the Winograd Report, a no less critical
transformation is one of mind-set and organization in the upper
echelons, both military and political. Alongside the failures of
leadership, the report makes plain that glaring conceptual and
organizational dysfunction contributed crucially to what went wrong
in the Second Lebanon War. These flaws appear to be endemic to the
IDF and the civilian defense establishment. Indeed, they reappear
from one inquiry commission's dismal findings to its successor's....
[Former head of Israel's National Security Council Maj. Gen. (res.)
Giora]s Eiland proposed that the Prime Minister set up a staff
responsible for political-security strategy, which would coordinate
with the IDF, Foreign Ministry, etc. Before the last war, such a
staff could have clued Olmert into the complexities of dealing with
Hizbullah rocket fire and presented him with options, including for
management of the shelled hinterland. Regrettably, this function
was not established. It must be, as Israel prepares more effectively
for emergencies to come."
VII. "A Sin of Arrogance, Indeed"
¶P. Hovav wrote in the ultra-Orthodox Yated Ne'eman (5/2): "So this
is it. It is now official: the war [in Lebanon] failed.... In order
to clarify and complete the picture, it is advisable to add a small
detail that was not mentioned in the commission's report: Israel's
victories in all previous wars with the Arabs did not result from a
successful conduct of those wars, but from a special assistance from
Heaven that Israel enjoyed.... The conclusion of the war's failure
is that in order to win wards, one should do everything to be worthy
of heavenly assistance. Unfortunately Israel did not enjoy that
heavenly assistance during the Second Lebanon War. In actual fact,
the results of the war could have been gloomier.... It is not the
'sin of arrogance' of which Olmert, Peretz, and Halutz are being
accused that caused the failure. What caused it is the 'sin of
arrogance' that transpires from the spirit of the report, which says
that the only thing needed to win a war is to run operations without
failures."
JONES