A poll published Wednesday by the daily Yedioth Ahronoth and Dahaf Institute found that 71 percent of Israelis who answered the survey supported Halutz’ resignation.
A separate poll published by the Geocartography group on Tuesday showed similar results; only 17 percent of respondents felt that Halutz should continue as the head of the Israel Defense Forces.
Halutz continued his refusal to quit, however, despite clear signals from the Israeli public that his job performance has been far from satisfactory. “I am not on ‘A Star is Born’ he said, referring to an Israeli version of a U.S. television program. But, he added, “Just so it’s clear – I have no intention of resigning. I am continuing to do what I need to do.”
The Chief of Staff added that the public should be focusing its attention on what was actually accomplished during the war with Hizbullah terrorists in Lebanon, rather than on what went wrong.
An IDF investigation led by IDF reserve duty Maj.-Gen. Doron Almog expressed severe criticism in its findings, charging the army leadership with numerous operational and strategic errors. Halutz’s response: “it is much more complicated than how one force or another operated.”
Halutz was inspecting an army base in the south Wednesday when he received the news about the deadly attack on the western Negev city that killed one woman and left a young security guard with no legs.
A separate poll published by the Geocartography group on Tuesday showed similar results; only 17 percent of respondents felt that Halutz should continue as the head of the Israel Defense Forces.
Halutz continued his refusal to quit, however, despite clear signals from the Israeli public that his job performance has been far from satisfactory. “I am not on ‘A Star is Born’ he said, referring to an Israeli version of a U.S. television program. But, he added, “Just so it’s clear – I have no intention of resigning. I am continuing to do what I need to do.”
The Chief of Staff added that the public should be focusing its attention on what was actually accomplished during the war with Hizbullah terrorists in Lebanon, rather than on what went wrong.
An IDF investigation led by IDF reserve duty Maj.-Gen. Doron Almog expressed severe criticism in its findings, charging the army leadership with numerous operational and strategic errors. Halutz’s response: “it is much more complicated than how one force or another operated.”
Halutz was inspecting an army base in the south Wednesday when he received the news about the deadly attack on the western Negev city that killed one woman and left a young security guard with no legs.