Will Olmert Survive?

Despite the Winograd Commission's devastating criticism of the prosecution of last summer's war with Hezbollah, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government may survive, owing to widespread fear of a comeback by the right-wing leader Binyamin Netanyahu. But a weak and discredited Israeli government will be in no position to revive meaningful peace talks with the Palestinians.

After Israel’s inability last summer to achieve a conclusive victory over Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, public pressure forced Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s government to appoint a commission to examine the causes of this surprising failure. How could a small militia, numbering less than a few thousand combatants, survive the onslaught of the Middle East’s most formidable military machine?

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