MKs, Organizations, Call for Olmert to Resign
(IsraelNN.com) Politicians from the right and left are calling for Prime Minster Ehud Olmert to draw what they see as the obvious conclusion of the Winograd Commission’s preliminary report on the Second Lebanon War and resign. The Likud’s Limor Livnat, National Union’s Uri Ariel, NRP’s Zevulun Orlev, and Meretz’s Yossi Beilin have all called on Olmert to resign since the report was released.
The Judicial Forum for the Land of Israel has threatened to petition the Supreme Court if Olmert does not resign, comparing the Winograd Report to a legal sentencing.
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