Attempts to taint FADC war report will fail
The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee's report on the Second Lebanon War numbers 151 pages. The committee worked hard to complete it for over a year; hundreds of hours of discussions, tours and meetings were invested into it; all military investigations of IDF operations and government and cabinet meeting protocols were analyzed in preparation; dozens of officers and reservists were invited to the discussions to detail their takes and experiences during the battles.
The final result is a thoroughly detailed document that strives to describe the war from a balanced perspective. Not everything is dark, not everything is superficial, clear-cut and sensational. There were failures and there were achievements. There were incorrect decisions made and there were courageous rulings.
Not in vain was the document signed by all the committee members, 17 in total from 9 different political factions from the Coalition and the Opposition. Granted, many of them had remarks and reservations about certain conclusions appearing in the report. Nevertheless, the lion's share of the findings, the conclusions and the recommendations were agreed to by complete consensus.
Comments (7)The moment of truth is approaching
In November 2006, when I held a ministerial position in Ariel Sharon's government and was responsible, among other things, for strategic dialogue with the US, I stood at the head of the Israeli delegation preparing for a meeting in Washington.
As is customary, prior to our departure to the US, the delegation was called in for a final briefing with Prime Minister Sharon. We presented to him a list of topics that were on our agenda to be discussed in the US.
We described in detail the Israeli positions as consolidated in discussions by our team, composed of senior officials from the Foreign Ministry, the Prime Minister's Office, the Defense Ministry, the IDF and the Mossad.
If only Mashaal were like Fayad
Recently, two central issues have stood at the forefront of the public debate. The first is the "small" exchange made with Hizbullah and the second is the renewed negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.
Theoretically, there is no direct connection between the two. Actually, the negotiations with Hizbullah are closely related to the Palestinian issue.
Firstly, Nasrallah makes the release of numerous Palestinian prisoners a condition for receiving information on Israel's captured soldiers. Secondly, Hizbullah's main demand is that Israel release Samir Kuntar who murdered members of the Haran family in Nahariya in 1979. He has since turned into a chilling symbol of the inhumane brutality and cruelty of Palestinian terror.
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