Israeli cabinet approves govt inquiry of Lebanon war
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Israel's cabinet appointed on Sunday   a commission to investigate the way the government and military   handled the Lebanon war, bowing to calls for an inquiry but   rejecting veterans' demands for an independent probe.
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Jerusalem - The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved as expected Premier Ariel Sharon&#39;s controversial plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip, paying compensation to those leaving but punishing those trying to stay on.
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Israel's cabinet approves the appointment of Maj Gen Gabi Ashkenazi as the new head of its armed forces.
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Inquiry stops short of criticising Israeli PM as judge concludes Lebanon war did not achieve goals
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Israel used a precision-guided   bomb to launch a direct hit on four U.N. peacekeepers killed in   southern Lebanon last July, the United Nations said on Friday   of its probe into the incident.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 17--Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the appointment of an investigative committee nominated by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to examine how the government and military managed the recent war in Lebanon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced fresh criticism on Wednesday of his handling of a war in Lebanon, as a state audit accused him of failing to adequately protect Israeli civilians from rocket attacks.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert testified for more than six hours yesterday before a commission investigating the performance of Israel's government and military during last summer's conflict in Lebanon.
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WHAT HAPPENED: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party approves inviting the dovish Labor Party into a coalition government.
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A majority of Israelis support a commission of inquiry over handling of the conflict with Hizbullah.
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Israel confirmed on Friday that Prime   Minister Ehud Olmert had ordered the army to expand its ground   offensive against Hizbollah in Lebanon but said the decision   "does not exclude a diplomatic solution."
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz called today for a full independent inquiry into the war in Lebanon, putting him at odds with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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Israel's attorney-general ordered police on Monday to open a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's purchase of a home in Jerusalem.
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RAMALLAH - Israel&#39;s Cabinet on Wednesday officially approved a West Bank burial for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who remains in a deep coma in a French hospital, said Palestinian officials.
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Friday that he would support a sweeping, independent inquiry into Israel's war in Lebanon, a new sign of division in a government facing harsh public criticism for its handling of the conflict.
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Israel&#39;s Cabinet approved compensation yesterday for settlers who will be uprooted by Ariel Sharon&#39;s program to withdraw from the Gaza Strip
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BEIRUT, 29 August 2004 - Lebanonâs Cabinet approved a bill yesterday that would allow President Emile Lahoud to seek re-election, pleasing power broker Syria but opposed by a growing number of influential Lebanese and several major foreign powers.