Tag Archive 'Ehud Olmert'

Olmert to go

Bookworm on Jul 30 2008 | Filed under: Israel

At long last, not a moment too soon, and probably way too late, horrible Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is stepping down:
Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Wednesday he would step down in September after a party leadership vote, announcing the end of a premiership dogged by graft investigations.
“After the election of my successor [...]

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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely — or Wag the Dog

Bookworm on Feb 13 2008 | Filed under: Israel

At Treppenwitz, David Bogner describes a scenario in Israel in which both Olmert and the Shas opposition, blind to anything but their own desire to stay in government, sacrifice the country to disastrous politics.  This is not the kind of power of corruption one sees in someone like Mugabe, where it’s just naked greed for [...]

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