Speculation Mounts Ahead Of PM's 'Personal Announcement' (Olmert To Resign Tonight?)

The Jerusalem Post ^ | July 30, 2008 | JPOST.COM STAFF AND GIL HOFFMAN

[Free ThinkerNY]

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will hold a special press conference on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Israel time, the Prime Minister's Office announced.

No further details were given as to the nature of the gathering.

Israeli media sources speculated Olmert was planning to announce either that he will not run in the Kadima primary election in September, or that he will step down right away.

Tellingly, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who is currently in Washington, announced that she will be holding an unscheduled press conference two and a half hours after Olmert's.

[Sig Sauer P220]

About to put the lumber to Iran, perhaps?

[norcal joe]

Could be big news...

[Perdogg]

That’s 1pm eastern.

[Perdogg]

I doubt it.

[Scythian]

The Speech?

"Ladies and Gentleman, two minutes ago 'Operation Joshua' was set in motion. You know those sodium iodide tablets you bought a few years back? Well, I'd be digging them up about now. Shalome."

[norcal joe]

Haaretz.com says it will be a “Surpise address to public”.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1007051.html

[ErnBatavia]

Nah...Olmert is kind of the Ted Stevens of Israel.

[ScaniaBoy]

Olmert: “ I have just made peace with Syria, Hamas and the PA. Israel has ceded the Golan heights, Judea and Sam....sorry, the West Bank and Ashkelon and Sedrot. And BTW I will take part in Kadima’s primary election, as the only candidate. New elections will be held in Israel in two years time - if then.”

[Perdogg]

I guess Israel will get their second female Prime Minister, an ex mossad officer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzipi_Livni

[norcal joe]

He said earlier today that “it must be understood that there are certain things the State cannot do. The State cannot fight against the Iranian threat while concerning itself with Jewish education in Russia and the former Soviet Union, and in addition supplying welfare, education, and housing with all of their needs.”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3575530,00.html

[Moonman62]

Haaretz.com says it will be a “Surpise address to public”.

He's going to announce that he's the real father of John Edward's love child.

[Perdogg]

Obama - Olmert 2008 ??

[tobyhill]

I hope he steps down immediately and they get someone with less yap and more action. Olmert blew the war in Lebanon and now he has to pay the piper.

[Crimson Elephant]

So Officer David from NCIS is in politics? Cool! ;)

[Sig Sauer P220]

I hope he steps down immediately and they get someone with less yap and more action. Olmert blew the war in Lebanon and now he has to pay the piper.

This is what I meant about putting the lumber to Iran. Someone else coming in that will take action.

[Maceman]

"I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO!"

[tobyhill]

I think Israeli's aren't going to take the wimp-ass political attitudes anymore. They want the Gaza rockets ended, they want Iran disarmed, they want Lebanon out of the hands of the Hezbos.

[SamuraiScot]

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who is currently in Washington, announced that she will be holding an unscheduled press conference . . .

I guess Israel will get their second female prime minister . . .

Tzipi the Pinhead? Reminds me of "Zippy the Pinhead," the weird cartoon in New York's Village Voice of many decades ago about a character with a conical head and a clown suit, whose idea of paradise was a coin-op laundry called "Laundro-World."

Too many layers of irony for me to get. It was fascinating, the way, when you're a kid, a dog's breath can be fascinatingly bad.

Bibi needs to take over.

[rod1]

They could sure use her.