CIAO DATE: 09/2008
February 2008
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
On January 30, retired Israeli judge Eliyahu Winograd released his much-anticipated second report on government decisionmaking during the summer 2006 Lebanon war. It did not issue a deathblow to Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, but instead described the breakdown in U.S.-Israeli strategic coordination as the principal rationale for Olmert's decision to invade Lebanon just hours before a UN ceasefire was to be implemented. This analysis has considerable ramifications for the future conduct of U.S.-Israeli relations.
Resource link: PolicyWatch #1338: Winograd Part II: Implications for U.S.-Israeli Relations [PDF] - 13K