Israeli PM to resign, won't run in party primary

[Friday on my mind]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_politics

JERUSALEM - Facing burgeoning corruption allegations and plummeting popularity, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday he will resign in September, throwing Israel into political turmoil and raising doubts about prospects for peace with the Palestinians and Syria.

Olmert said he would not run in his party's primary election Sept. 17 and would step down afterward to allow his successor to form a government. But because of Israel's political system, he could serve until well into next year.

Olmert's popularity dropped below 20 percent at one point after his ****** but inconclusive war in Lebanon in 2006.


He sounds like the Israeli version of Bush!:eek:

 

[senob44]

Interesting to see Benjamin Netanyahu's name up there again. If he finds a way back into power, that would probably put a stall to any concessions and to the entire peace process basically.

With the plummeting popularity and the scandals, Olmert's downfall sounds a lot like what happened to Netanyahu towards the end of his being PM.

 

[Philbert]

With all due respect...like the Yeti and Sasquatch, amid many reported sightings, the reality is there is no peace process and if you really need to see what negotiating with a nation based on radical Islam can produce, take a look at Gaza and the West Bank.
While I know all of Islam isn't participating in Jihad against the West, those that don't participate support it or accept it.
And the Palistinians (a created and non-historical term) have no political aim that includes economic (what economy?) and diplomatic negotiation.
Too bad about Olmert; Bibi will at least, like Reagan, offer very little in the way of concilliation and backstepping, which annoys the spinmeisters of Hamas and Fatah.
So far, looking around, I see no example where negotiation has produced a viable result with any radical Islamic regime; Afghanistan is a fairly good example of how to respond to Hamas, Hezb'allah, Al Quaida, Taliban, Al Fatah, and ______________ (fill in your favorite Radical Islamic Suicide Bombers Club).
:fight:

 

[maildude]

The last thing Israel needs right now is instability. "His decision not to run in the Kadima primary set in motion a process to choose a new prime minister. Main candidates in his party are Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz, a former defense minister and military chief of staff."--Yahoo news.

 

[shayd]

More chaos is sure to ensue I'm sure.

 

[georges]

With all due respect...like the Yeti and Sasquatch, amid many reported sightings, the reality is there is no peace process and if you really need to see what negotiating with a nation based on radical Islam can produce, take a look at Gaza and the West Bank.
While I know all of Islam isn't participating in Jihad against the West, those that don't participate support it or accept it.
And the Palistinians (a created and non-historical term) have no political aim that includes economic (what economy?) and diplomatic negotiation.
Too bad about Olmert; Bibi will at least, like Reagan, offer very little in the way of concilliation and backstepping, which annoys the spinmeisters of Hamas and Fatah.
So far, looking around, I see no example where negotiation has produced a viable result with any radical Islamic regime; Afghanistan is a fairly good example of how to respond to Hamas, Hezb'allah, Al Quaida, Taliban, Al Fatah, and ______________ (fill in your favorite Radical Islamic Suicide Bombers Club).
:fight:

Totally True :yesyes:

 

[Facetious]

Re enter . . . Net-An-Yahoo ? :tongue: