[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: It didn't take long for A. B. Yehoshua to revert
to the traditional approach of the Left that the ends justify the means.
And for Mr. Yehoshua, withdrawal is so important that it doesn't really
matter how incompetent Olmert may be as long as he carries out withdrawals.
Sure, he uses slogans like "peace process" but that's just window dressing.
And in a way that is legitimate. Because A. B. Yehoshua holds the mystic
belief that if Israel would just withdraw to the '67 lines there would be
utopian peace. It doesn't matter what Israel signs nor is it necessary to
think about Israeli security concerns if it pulls back to militarily
catastrophic lines.

Put brutally, just as one cannot argue logic with a suicide bomber who
thinks that he is about to go to Paradise as he pushes the detonator, you
cannot argue with the likes of A. B. Yehoshua about the efficacy of
withdrawal.]
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A. B. Yehoshua: Olmert gov't should stay in place
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST May. 6, 2007
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Renowned author A. B. Yehoshua said Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
and his government should remain in power if they manage to regain the
confidence of the Knesset and renew peace talks with the Palestinians.

In an interview with Israel Radio, Yehoshua said that leaders had made
serious oversights in the past, and then returned to senior positions in
which they initiated important peace processes.

The author said that the main failure during the Second Lebanon War came
from the weakness of the IDF, which, he said, has become a policing force in
recent years.

He added that blame for the errors lay with the intermediate and junior
military ranks as well as with the senior officers.