Well that was quick. Just
the other day the JPost said that Tzipi Livni “emphasized she
did not intend to topple the prime minister but that she was qualified to take
over the reins of the party and the country if Olmert would resign.”
What a difference a couple of days and rising calls for Olmert’s
resignation can make, yes?
The Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, told Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
today that he should resign in the wake of a damning report about Mr. Olmert’s
performance in last summer’s war against Hezbollah.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel, center, with, from left to right,
Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Cabinet Secretary
Yisrael Maimon and Vice Premier Shimon Peres during a press conference in
Jerusalem today.“I expressed my opinion to the prime minister that the right thing
to do would be for him to resign,” she said in a press conference here
today after meeting with Mr. Olmert. … ..
Much more here.
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