Main Issues in the Interim Report of the Winograd Commission:
Personal responsibility, the interface between the military echelon and the political echelon, and the Commission’s authority to make recommendations
http://www.idi.org.il/english/article.asp?id=07052007123937
Winograd report - Ynet Opinions special, English
http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-4752,00.html
Winograd Commission Interim Report – English Summary
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2007/Winograd+Inquiry+Commission
+submits+Interim+Report+30-Apr-2007.htm
Cato and Caesar
by Assaf Sagiv
http://www.azure.org.il/magazine/magazine.asp?id=294&search_text
"… the Israeli predilection for authoritarian-style leaders is a sign of civic immaturity and a lack of trust in the ability of the people to govern their own affairs wisely. If Israeli democracy is to flourish, it must encourage a different kind of politics and a different kind of politician–less charismatic, perhaps, but stable, trustworthy, mature, and steeped in civic virtue."
Dry Bones
http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/israeli-leadership-1997.html
Cartoon: Perennial bungling by Israeli leadership
Olmert you're fired,
by Ariana Melamed
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3393990,00.html
Olmert failed in war, but won't quit – have the necessary measures been taken to prevent his failure in another predicted war? If the Commission of Enquiry can't fire him, his real boss is nonetheless the public, who should shake themselves out of apathy, stand up and be counted - however long it takes - to insist that they deserve better.
A Joke Unto the Nations,
by Daniel BenSimon
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/835910.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=835910
"… failed prime ministers… cause mortal damage to Israel's democracy… Like Barak and Netanyahu, Olmert drugged the Israelis with empty promises… [on] Israeli voting patterns[:] … the moment they discover his failures they … throw him out of office."
Government handicapped from birth,
by Sever Plocker
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3394780,00.html
Government without God,
by Ari Shavit
The Israeli Government lacks talent, morals, political agenda and a grip on reality; Olmert must go http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/854134.html
Not the Israel we dreamed of,
by Haim Guri, Uri Avneri, Aharon Amir
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3391328,00.html
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3391328,00.html
The dangers to Israel's independence lurk within: the old visions are obsolete and society lacks values; the socio-economic gap is huge and government made; there needs to be an all-out war on corruption – there is no morality or shame. There are wonderful people here, but hidden: we pass on our hopes for the future.
Spanish
El ocaso de una elite Por Rafi Barzilai - Ynet 25/4/2007 - 09:29
La elite fundadora se derrumbó sola, y hasta hoy sigue añorando el pasado. Gracias al invento democrático, Israel se salvó de un estino similar. http://www.povesham.com/home/nartdetails.aspx?mCatID=3328&nartID=15490