Agriculture Minister Shalom Simchon [Labor] blasts government for not being
aggressive in Lebanon

Aaron Lerner Date: 7 August 2006

Agriculture Minister Shalom Simchon [Labor] severely attacked the Olmert
Administration this morning in a live interview broadcast on Israel Radio
for failing to instruct the IDF to be more aggressive in Lebanon.

Simchon called for the IDF to be instructed to use its full force to silence
the rockets instead of subjecting itself to limitations out of concern for
human shields. He also called for the IDF to go as far north as necessary to
push the [short range?] rockets out of range, noting that almost all of them
are being launched in the area between the Litani River and the area now
under Israeli control.

"Do we have to wait for North Tel Aviv to be hit before we take our gloves
off"? Simchon asked, saying that it is unacceptable that Hezbollah still
enjoys re-supply from Syria. "This is war"

"Our security won't be assured at cocktail parties," Simchon said, in an
apparent jab at VPM Shimon Peres' activities.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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