By Xinhua
Jerusalem : Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Thursday vowed to push for correction of flaws and deficiencies, which were founded by the Winograd Committee probing into the performance of the government and the army during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
One day following the release of the final findings of the Winograd investigation into the war’s failings, Olmert was quoted as saying in a Kadima faction meeting on Thursday that report was comprehensive and poses “difficult questions.”
Olmert noted that the government was diligently working to correct the failures revealed during the war.
“The government is working daily to correct these failings. These are not just formal changes, but substantial ones, and they integrate all the relevant bodies,” he stated.
“There are unprecedented investments in defense, in the implementation of the Brodet Report, and in restocking storages,” he added.
Olmert also extended his sympathies to the families who lost their sons in Lebanon. “I embrace the bereaved families and empathize with their pain. They have sacrificed what was most dear to them. But their sacrifice was not in vein, but for the sake of Israel’s security,” he said.
Earlier on Thursday, Kadima Knesset (Parliament) Member AvigdorItzchaky announced his intention to resign from the Knesset and from politics in three weeks. He has been threatening for a long time to resign from the Knesset if Olmert failed to do so following the publication of the Winograd Report.
Eliyahu Winograd, chairman of Israel’s Winograd Committee probing, said on Wednesday at a press conference that “major faults were found on all levels during the war.”