(IsraelNN.com) Reactions to the publication of the Winograd testimonies of Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Peretz and ex-IDF Chief of Staff Halutz were no surprise: The opposition called for Olmert to resign, while his supporters backed him.

MK Menachem Ben-Sasson (Kadima), the head of the Knesset Law Committee, said the Prime Minister acted with long-range vision, and delegated focused missions to the army.

MK Danny Yatom (Labor), who represents internal opposition to the Kadima-Labor government: "I regret that the Prime Minister shifted responsibility to the army. His testimony strengthens the earlier report that so sharply criticized his personal performance. He sent the army to war, even though he knew it wasn't ready."

MK Gideon Saar, the head of the Likud Knesset faction, summed up Olmert's testimony as an attempt to deflect responsibility from the political echelons to the army. "He did not learn from his mistakes, and he is not the right person to correct the faults," Saar said about the Prime Minister.

National Union chairman MK Benny Elon said, "There is nothing new; the failure is known. There must be an immediate political change, so that the public trust - and that of the reserve soldiers - can be restored in those who make the decisions before the next war, which is soon approaching."

National Religious Party chairman MK Zevulun Orlev: "Now we see why Olmert didn't want his testimony publicized - because it shows him running away from all responsibility and blaming the army."

Meretz Party leader MK Yossi Beilin called on both Olmert and Peretz to resign.