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Israelis want Olmert to quit
Friday 25 August 2006, 22:32 Makka Time, 19:32 GMT
Olmert has been attacked for faring badly against Hezbollah
A majority of Israelis think that Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, should resign, according to a poll in the country's leading newspaper.
The Yedioth Aronoth said on Friday that 63 percent of the respondents favoured Olmert stepping down.
The paper described the poll as a political "earthquake".
Olmert was not the only politician to fare badly, with 74 per cent of those surveyed saying that Amir Peretz, the defence minister, should resign and 54 percent wanting Dan Halutz, the head of the military, to go.
Friday's poll also indicated that if an election were held tomorrow the country's opposition, led by the Likud party that was heavily defeated in the general election in March, would win.
2003 - 2006 Aljazeera.Net
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Published: Friday, August 25, 2006
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's popularity has plunged sharply after Israel's war in Lebanon and he would likely be crushed by the right-wing opposition if elections were held now, according to a poll published Friday.
Olmert has faced increasing pressure in recent days, including calls by army reservists and bereaved parents that he step down or at least submit to a sweeping investigation of his wartime performance.
Olmert has agreed in principle to calls for an inquiry, and he is expected to decide within days what kind should be conducted. The most sweeping inquiry would be a state commission, with powers to dismiss government and military officials.
In the meantime, angry protests have grown in number and scope. On Friday, several hundred protesters, including bereaved families, gathered at the graveside of former prime minister Golda Meir, who resigned in the wake of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
"It hurts me that I taught you to love your country unconditionally and from today, for the first time in my life, I am asking myself: 'Is my way right?' " he said.
"I call at this time on the government of Israel: Take responsibility. Resign. You have done enough damage."
© 2006 CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc..
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