Comments on: Two-Faced http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/29/olmertmemory/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:22:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: endiem http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/29/olmertmemory/comment-page-1/#comment-5185 endiem Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:58:31 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/29/olmertmemory/#comment-5185 <p>I didn’t mean to criticize the NYRB - which is why I used the word ”unwitting.”</p> I didn’t mean to criticize the NYRB – which is why I used the word ”unwitting.”

]]> By: Spencer Ackerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/29/olmertmemory/comment-page-1/#comment-5182 Spencer Ackerman Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:13:57 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/29/olmertmemory/#comment-5182 <p>Kind of a bridge too far. Olmert can be craven, but all the NYRB did was translate & print a newspaper interview he gave.</p> Kind of a bridge too far. Olmert can be craven, but all the NYRB did was translate & print a newspaper interview he gave.

]]> By: endiem http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/29/olmertmemory/comment-page-1/#comment-5180 endiem Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:57:43 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/29/olmertmemory/#comment-5180 <p>An article in Haaretz <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050426.html" rel="nofollow">states</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The disinformation effort, according to defense officials, took Hamas by surprise and served to significantly increase the number of its casualties in the strike. </p> <p>Sources in the defense establishment said Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for the operation over six months ago, even as Israel was beginning to negotiate a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.</p></blockquote> <p>Since the New York Review of Books interview took place three months ago it looks like the NYRB was an unwitting part of the “disinformation effort.” It shouldn’t exactly help the credibility of future Israeli leaders but I suspect all will be forgotten and forgiven soon enough.</p> An article in Haaretz states:

The disinformation effort, according to defense officials, took Hamas by surprise and served to significantly increase the number of its casualties in the strike.

Sources in the defense establishment said Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for the operation over six months ago, even as Israel was beginning to negotiate a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Since the New York Review of Books interview took place three months ago it looks like the NYRB was an unwitting part of the “disinformation effort.” It shouldn’t exactly help the credibility of future Israeli leaders but I suspect all will be forgotten and forgiven soon enough.

]]> By: NelsonAlgren http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/29/olmertmemory/comment-page-1/#comment-5175 NelsonAlgren Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:26:39 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/29/olmertmemory/#comment-5175 <p>He has a lot in common with someone else. Has the Israel media pointed out the war being carried out by such a lame duck PM?</p> He has a lot in common with someone else. Has the Israel media pointed out the war being carried out by such a lame duck PM?

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