PUPPETS OF ISRAELI LEADERS OLMERT, PERETZ AND HALUTZ ARE SEEN AT A DEMONSTRATION
Puppets of Israeli leaders Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Chief of Staff Dan Halutz stand outside Olmert's office in Jerusalem after a protest for their resignation by Israeli reserve soldiers, September 17, 2006.(UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)
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WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is the front-runner to succeed her boss, Ehud Olmert, as prime minister of Israel, but she could lose out to tough old Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, and, even if she wins, she isn't likely to keep the job long.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is sincere in his hard-driving determination to boost Israel's ballistic missile defenses as quickly as possible. But he also sees that achievement as a stepping stone to two other huge goals -- becoming prime minister and reviving the long-moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Israel Defense Forces brass are expected to debate funding allocations for a comprehensive, multi-year plan for the various branches this week, following the agreement on a $3 billion American aid package.
JERUSALEM, July 18 (UPI) -- A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Olmert said the prime minister knew Israeli bomb shelters were inadequate when he decided to go to war with Lebanon.
JERUSALEM, May 8 (UPI) -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has asked current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign his post for mishandling of the Second Lebanon War.
JERUSALEM, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Israeli cabinet members Sunday unanimously approved Gabi Asheknazi's appointment as chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz chose Defense Ministry Director-General Maj. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi to replace Lt. Gen Dan Halutz as chief of staff.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The resignation of Israel's military chief of staff Wednesday was heralded by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement as proof of victory in last summer's war.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, who commanded Israeli forces during last year's war in Lebanon, resigned Tuesday as army chief of staff.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff told the country's Cabinet Sunday that talk of an imminent war with Syria is "premature and exaggerated."
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