Following the votes, opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu decried the fact that the current Knesset no longer represents the will of the people, which has made its despair and lack of trust in the government known through public opinion polls and mass rallies.
Hermon and Dov from the Shebaa Farms, and Israel Navy vessels with the new long-range missiles just delivered (smuggled) by Syria, while also turning the militia’s guns on the UN peacekeepers posted in south Lebanon
PM Ehud Olmert pricks the balloon of mutiny in his Kadima party and survives. FM Livni says he should resign in view of war criticism but stays on herself
A report by an external auditor appointed to investigate the flaws in how Bezeq approved executive pay paints a picture of a domineering CEO (Jacob Gelbard) who treated the company like his own fiefdom, with nobody even examining his actions, let alone saying anything