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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Israeli PM to quit in two months
2008-07-30
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he will stand down two months from now, saying his family is being hurt by corruption allegations against him. Vowing to prove his innocence, he told reporters he would leave as soon as his Kadima party chooses a new leader at its internal election on 17 September.

Mr Olmert had been under pressure to resign over a police inquiry into allegedly illegal election donations. Several Kadima ministers in the ruling coalition are bidding to replace him.

"I am proud to be the prime minister of a country that investigates its prime ministers," Mr Olmert said. "The prime minister is not above the law, but he is in no way below it."
Posted by:3dc

#5  His two month notice is accepted, give him his check and send him home.
Posted by: Grease Dark Lord of the Algonquins9226   2008-07-30 22:09  

#4  That's two months too long.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-07-30 21:26  

#3  That puts his departure at the new moon and the end of Ramadan Sept 29th. What a coincidence!
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2008-07-30 16:05  

#2  The first good new moon after the US presidential elections is around November 25-30th.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-07-30 14:55  

#1  It's probably still on, but won't take place until the new moon in November. IIRC, that's about the right time to do it, whether Olmert was PM or not.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-07-30 14:47  

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