"Personal conclusions" are expected regarding the functioning of Olmert, Peretz, and Halutz during last year's Lebanon War.
The interim report of the Winograd Commission investigating Israel's handling of the recent war in Lebanon is expected to be publicized next month. Specific conclusions regarding Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz, and former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz are expected.
Halutz has already resigned his post. If Olmert is advised to follow in his footsteps, new national elections are likely to be held three months later.
The commission released an announcement today stating, "In recent days, guesses, speculation and journalistic 'information' regarding the Winograd Commission report, its publication date, and the members' opinions have been publicized. None of this information was publicized on behalf of the Commission itself or its members."
The announcement stated, however, that the interim report would include a discussion of general principles of the commission's work and its understanding of its mission. The commission analyzed the period prior to the war, beginning with the IDF's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000, as well as government decisions made in the days following the kidnapping of the two IDF soldiers by Hizbullah. The war effectively began on that day - July 12, 2006.
The analysis of the decisions at the onset of the war will include three chapters: Detailed Findings; System-Wide and Personal Conclusions regarding the responsibility of the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Chief of Staff; and System-Wide Recommendations.
The final report is expected only by June or July. Many calls have been made to hasten the report, in light of the possibility that another war may break out by then, and in fact the Commission's announcement today says that "every effort will be made to release the full report as quickly as possible."
It further states, "We have chosen to publicize a partial report on the [above] issues because the decisions regarding the actual beginning of a war are of special importance regarding the continuation of the war, and deal with matters and recommendations that, in our opinion, are of an urgent nature."
The final report will deal, inter alia, with these topics: Analysis of the combat from all its standpoints; army readiness; formation and activation of army forces; officer training; the government's decisions on issues such as conditions for the ceasefire; the combat of the war's last two days [in which 20 soldiers were killed, following the UN's ceasefire resolution]; relations between the government and army; the general ethic of Israeli society and its response to national challenges; homefront readiness; and more.
The interim report of the Winograd Commission investigating Israel's handling of the recent war in Lebanon is expected to be publicized next month. Specific conclusions regarding Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz, and former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz are expected.
Halutz has already resigned his post. If Olmert is advised to follow in his footsteps, new national elections are likely to be held three months later.
The commission released an announcement today stating, "In recent days, guesses, speculation and journalistic 'information' regarding the Winograd Commission report, its publication date, and the members' opinions have been publicized. None of this information was publicized on behalf of the Commission itself or its members."
The announcement stated, however, that the interim report would include a discussion of general principles of the commission's work and its understanding of its mission. The commission analyzed the period prior to the war, beginning with the IDF's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000, as well as government decisions made in the days following the kidnapping of the two IDF soldiers by Hizbullah. The war effectively began on that day - July 12, 2006.
The analysis of the decisions at the onset of the war will include three chapters: Detailed Findings; System-Wide and Personal Conclusions regarding the responsibility of the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Chief of Staff; and System-Wide Recommendations.
The final report is expected only by June or July. Many calls have been made to hasten the report, in light of the possibility that another war may break out by then, and in fact the Commission's announcement today says that "every effort will be made to release the full report as quickly as possible."
It further states, "We have chosen to publicize a partial report on the [above] issues because the decisions regarding the actual beginning of a war are of special importance regarding the continuation of the war, and deal with matters and recommendations that, in our opinion, are of an urgent nature."
The final report will deal, inter alia, with these topics: Analysis of the combat from all its standpoints; army readiness; formation and activation of army forces; officer training; the government's decisions on issues such as conditions for the ceasefire; the combat of the war's last two days [in which 20 soldiers were killed, following the UN's ceasefire resolution]; relations between the government and army; the general ethic of Israeli society and its response to national challenges; homefront readiness; and more.