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From AFP:
Israeli government faces deep post-Lebanon crisis
Israel's government, under fire over military failures in Lebanon, runs the risk of ultimate collapse with its cornerstone policy of unilateral pullback from the occupied West Bank now off the agenda.
The liberal Haaretz newspaper quoted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as telling ministers and senior members of his Kadima party during a closed meeting this week that talk about his "convergence plan" would not be "appropriate".
A front-page editorial in the newspaper on Friday, entitled "fight for survival", said the war in Lebanon convinced the premier "that it is impossible to sell the public another unilateral withdrawal".
There's very good news here. It means the public consensus in Israel is now ruling out any further unilateral withdrawals, which have been so disastrous for Israel in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon.
And it means Israelis want to fight the next war like they mean it.
