Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Thousands rally in Israel to demand war inquiry
NEWS DETAILS
Parent(s) Container 
ContributorPenguin 
Last EditedPenguin  Sep 09, 2006 09:08pm
Logged 0
CategoryNews
MediaWebsite - Yahoo News
News DateSunday, September 10, 2006 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionTEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert order an independent state inquiry into his government's handling of the war in Lebanon.

It was the largest public show of dissatisfaction with Olmert since he took office in May. Polls show his popularity has tumbled amid public frustration with Israel's failure to crush Hizbollah guerrillas.

The 34-day campaign launched after Hizbollah captured two soldiers in a cross-border raid ended with an August 14 truce that has largely held. Olmert has pledged only a government probe into the war instead of an independent inquiry.

Police said a crowd of upwards of 30,000 thronged Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv, Israel's main venue for demonstrations. Many of those in a crowd that spilled into nearby streets were reservists who served during the war.
Share
ArticleRead Full Article

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION