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(IsraelNN.com) The Likud party published a reaction to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's speech at the Herzliya Conference Wednesday, saying that Olmert was "disconnected from reality and inventing a virtual reality as the Winograd Report approaches."

The opposition party's statement said: "In the north, the Hizbullah has armed itself with more rockets than it had on the eve of the war and in the south, Israeli citizens live under a constant missile threat."

"Olmert takes pride in the success of his economic policy, which is entirely the result of Netanyahu's courageous policy," the Likud added.