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Olmert Was 'Unprepared'

A report from an
Jerusalem/JTA
Israeli commission of inquiry on last
summer's Lebanon war said Ehud
Olmert entered the conflict unpre-
pared.
The Winograd Committee released
its interim report Monday in Israel,
giving a copy to the prime minister
and to Defense Minister Amir Peretz
an hour before holding a news confer-
ence.
The report harshly criticized Olmert,
Peretz and then-IDF Chief of Staff
Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz over their actions
during the first five days of the war
with Hezbollah. The committee sin-
gled out Olmert for "lacking in judg-
ment, responsibility and caution" in
entering into the conflict, and being a
passive leader who did not take charge
of the 34-day war. Peretz was criticized
for taking the defense portfolio despite
being unequipped to do so, and not
addressing his lack of knowledge after
accepting the post. The committee
said Halutz never took the threat from
Hezbollah seriously enough to create a
response plan.
The White House spoke in support
of Ehud Olmert after a commission
of inquiry censured the Israeli prime
minister's handling of last year's
Lebanon war.

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Jerusalem/JTA —Ehud Olmert said
that although "serious mistakes were
made, mainly by me during the
Lebanon War, he will not resign.
The Israeli prime minister spoke
Monday following the release of the
Winograd Committee interim report,
an official inquiry on Israel's 34-day
conflict with Hezbollah. The report
harshly criticized Olmert as well as
Defense Minister Amir Peretz and
former army chief Dan Halutz. Shortly
after telling his Kadima Party faction
that he had no intention of resigning
his position, Olmert reiterated his
stance at a news conference.
"This is a serious and difficult
report. There were mistakes by the
decision-makers, we need to start to
fix the shortcomings; there's much to
be done he said. "The presentation of
the report opens a new chapter of fix-
ing mistakes and learning lessons."

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Boston/JTA — Arnold Eisen twice

brought a room of Conservative rabbis
to their feet in his inaugural address to
the movement's rabbinical association
Monday.

Speaking at the annual Rabbinical
Assembly convention in Boston,
the chancellor-elect of the Jewish
Theological Seminary called for a
wide discussion of the idea of mitzvah,
a contentious subject for a movement
dedicated to a careful balance of tra-
dition and modernity. "I think we've
largely dropped the ball when it comes
to message,' said Eisen, who urged the
movement to build tight communities
and fill them with enriching content.
The R.A. convention comes at a
time of unease in the Conservative
movement, whose legal authorities
recently voted to permit gay and les-
bian clergy in a move that some feared
would cause an irrevocable split. Along
with resolutions on the Iraq war and
Darfur, there's an effort to have the
convention discuss a resolution call-
ing on all the movement's rabbinical
schools to accept gay and lesbian
students.

Abdullah, Abbas Meet

The Palestinian
Jerusalem/JTA
Authority president and Saudi king
met to discuss heightened Israeli-
Palestinian tensions.
The Associated Press reported that
Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah
met Sunday in Riyadh, a day after
Abbas met with Hamas leader Khaled
Meshaal in Cairo. An anonymous
Palestinian source told the AP that
Abdullah and Abbas discussed "how
to re-establish security" in Gaza "and
reactivate the cease-fir'

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Answering
Israel's Critics

The Charge

Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama said last month to
a Jewish audience that Israel needs
to make progress in the peace pro-
cess, changing a "status quo of fear,
terror and division."

The Answer

While Obama is a good friend
of the Jewish state, he needs to
clarify that the "fear, terror and
division" he talks about defines the
Palestinians, not the Israelis, whose
majority has been ready for years
to lay down arms with compro-
mises, risks and an independent
Palestinian state.

- Allan Gale, Jewish Community

Relations Council

of Metropolitan Detroit