Publication Date:
Mon, 2007-04-30 03:00
JERUSALEM, 30 April 2007 — Members of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s ruling coalition joined opposition lawmakers yesterday in calling for the Israeli leader and his defense minister to resign after parts of a government report criticizing their handling of last year’s war in Lebanon were leaked to local media.
Officials close to the investigation confirmed reports the panel concluded Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz made hasty and ill-judged decisions at the outset of the war. The report found these errors were compounded by their lack of experience and unfamiliarity with defense issues.
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