Israel’s Cease-Fire & Prisoner Dilemmas

MK Danny Yatom: ‘Gaza Cease-fire Hinges On Egypt’s Blocking Hamas Arms Smuggling’ Kadima MK Shai Hermesh: ‘Israeli Residents Near Gaza Have little Faith In Hamas Honoring Cease-fire’ Natan Sharansky: ‘Don’t Exchange Live Terrorists For IDF Bodies’

Israel’s Cost – Effective Crossroads

Ruling Kadima Party Resigned To Fact That Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Has Become A Political Liability Kadima Source: ‘One Possibility Is That #1 In Kadima Primaries Gets PM’s Post – the Runner-up Automatically Takes Foreign Ministry Israel Cease-fire With Hamas Controlled Gaza May Be Best Option As It Ponders Its Options On Iran

Olmert’s Falling Dominoes

Labor’s Ehud Barak Ultimatum Likely To Force Prime Minister Olmert’s Resignation Olmert: ‘Talansky’s Allegations Are Groundless – I Will Resign Only If Indicted’ Scenarios: 1.Early Election 2.New Prime Minister With Current Coalition 3.New Prime Minister With New Coalition

Olmert To Be Indicted?

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: ‘I Never Took A Bribe Or One Cent To My Own Pocket’ ‘My Lawyer Uri Messer Handled All Contributions To My Political Campaigns & I Have Complete Trust That He Administered Them To The Best Of His Professional Ability And Legally As Well’ Moshe Morris Talansky of New York: ‘Since 1993 I Have Often Given Money To Olmert, Some Of It In Cash’

Prime Minister’s Passover

Prime Minister Olmert: ‘Iran Will Not Have a Nuclear Capability’ President Peres: ‘Paralysis Of International Community In Acting Against Iran Reminds Me Of Failure To Act Against Nazism Before Holocaust’ Opposition Leader Netanyahu Has Failed To Persuade Olmert’s Coalition Partners That Time Is Ripe To Dump The Prime Minister

All Options Open On Gaza

Defense Minister Ehud Barak: ‘The IDF Will Stop Qassam Rocketing Of Sderot One Way Or The Other’ ‘Major Ground Operation Into Qassam Is Closer But Not In A Matter Of Days’ Barak Refuses To Rule Israel’s Targeting Of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh’

Winograd Whirlwind

Winograd Member Yehezkel Dror: ‘If we think Prime Minister Olmert is conducting a serious peace process this is a very important consideration’ Opposition Knesset Members: ‘Dror’s shocking statement reveals that the Lebanon War inquiry was partial to the Prime Minister’