Tens of Thousands Urge Olmert to Quit Over Lebanon War Report

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"You serve the people, the people don't serve you." a father of a soldier killed in the conflict said from a stage in the square, a huge banner reading "Bunglers Go Home" behind him.

Following a late-night meeting of [Kadima]'s 29 deputies in the Knesset, [Shimon Peres] emerged saying [Ehud Olmert] had received "unprecedented support" from the MPs after only two backed [Tzipi Livni]'s call for Olmert to step down.

"The prospect of a putsch within Kadima's ranks has burst like a soap bubble, along with the fear of a ministerial mass desertion that could topple Olmert's government," wrote the liberal "Ha'aretz" newspaper.

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Tens of Thousands Urge Olmert to Quit Over Lebanon War Report

TEL AVIV - Tens of thousands of Israelis called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign late Thursday in the first mass street protest since a government inquiry blasted his leadership of last year's Leban...

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