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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaking at the Herzliya conference on Wednesday. (Reuters)
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PM: We must ensure Lebanon war failures are not repeated
By Aluf Benn and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a meeting of the Israel Defense Forces General Staff on Thursday, that there had been some successes in the July-August 2006 war with Hezbollah, but Israel must work to ensure that the failures experienced during the conflict are not repeated.

"If someone had told me the day before the war in Lebanon started that within half a year the border with Lebanon would be quiet and instead of armed Hezbollah fighters there would be 15,000 Lebanese army troops supported by an international force, I would've told him he's crazy, but that's the situation today,' Olmert said.

Olmert also expressed his hope that the war inquiries do not weaken the capabilities of the IDF, even as they highlight the army's failures during the war.
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"We must utilize the lessons of the war to invest in the human and economic resources of the army so that the failures experienced in Lebanon are not repeated," Olmert added.

During the 5-hour meeting, Olmert was presented with the findings of Israeli military inquiries on the war in Lebanon.

Former chief of staff Dan Shomron presented his findings on the conduct of the General Staff during the war, followed by conclusions on the management of the war by outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Dan Halutz, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, and Olmert.

The prime minister said that the meeting will be the first, but not the last, to focus on the lessons learned from the war.

Olmert leveled praise on Halutz's handling of the war inquiries. "In Hebrew, there is no word for dignity," he said.

A number of generals have complained that the dynamics of the victories and losses of the war have been overlooked and that public discourse on the war is dominated by superficial media interpretations.
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  1.   The way to avoid failure in the future, Olmert... 01:07  |  bat yam 26/01/07
  2.   LIBERATE LEBANON,HEZBOLLAH CAPUT, FREE CAPTIVES, PEACE TO ISRAEL) 01:16  |  VOICEofMOSHIACH))))) 26/01/07
  3.   What Israel and all Jews must do for peace Is ... 01:29  |  MOE 26/01/07
  4.   An other leb war 2 inquiry could be in sight 01:38  |  Joseph E . 26/01/07
  5.   Failures 01:42  |  Dwido 26/01/07
  6.   Olmert so where are they? 02:00  |  Kipperraes 26/01/07
  7.   to MOE 02:11  |  Sol 26/01/07
  8.   First error was using bombs to hunt individual terrorists 02:14  |  Pablo B 26/01/07
  9.   MOE # 3 02:18  |  Philippe 26/01/07
  10.   Hezbollah did not win this war... 02:22  |  Democratic American 26/01/07
  11.   #3 Moe`s dream 02:28  |  * BEN JABO 26/01/07
  12.   Olmert is - Lebanon`s #1 Failure 02:30  |  * BEN JABO 26/01/07
  13.   to MOE 02:35  |  ax 26/01/07
  14.   MOE 02:49  |  even 26/01/07
  15.   #3 MOE 03:06  |  Lynn 26/01/07
  16.   # 2 VOICE of MOSHIACH ))))) 03:15  |  Joseph E . 26/01/07
  17.   #1 BAT YAM 03:23  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 26/01/07
  18.   Now we are getting somewhere 03:25  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  19.   Relocate Israel 03:26  |  Sany Burger 26/01/07
  20.   #8, apparently you do not understand the unique&fundamental link 04:37  |  Mufasa 26/01/07
  21.   Relocate Palestine 04:46  |  Dave 26/01/07
  22.   SANDY BURGER 04:52  |  NAJI 26/01/07
  23.   Voices in the head )))))) 04:58  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  24.   MOE # 3 04:59  |  NEIL 26/01/07
  25.   bat yam 05:00  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  26.   MOE - What Palestinians must do 05:02  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  27.   Joseph E. - spin 05:08  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  28.   #9 Mark Lincoln "Resides on conquered land 05:13  |  * BEN JABO 26/01/07
  29.   #9 Mark Lincoln "Resides on conquered land 05:13  |  * BEN JABO 26/01/07
  30.   Dwido from out there in fantasy land 05:13  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  31.   Jon Feigenbaum from Mickey Mouse Land 05:16  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  32.   Sany Burger 05:22  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  33.   A moment in Houston 15 years ago. 05:29  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  34.   To ensure Lebanon war failures aren`t repeated.. 05:30  |  David T. 26/01/07
  35.   The photograph - and the reality 05:34  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  36.   #3 JOE THE "*PALESTINIAN"* JEW HATER; 06:35  |  BMT 26/01/07
  37.   Olmert on crack 08:25  |  Danny - Israeli one 26/01/07
  38.   THE SIMPLE FACT 09:34  |  indrajaya 26/01/07
  39.   stop worrying and start acting;the rest will follow 09:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/01/07
  40.   Repetition - re David T # 34 10:38  |  JW 26/01/07
  41.   this guy was one of the failures that must not be repeated!!!!!!! 10:46  |  Ben Uziel 26/01/07
  42.   #21Move Palestinians to Antartica 10:48  |  kyle 26/01/07
  43.   ITS EASY UHUD YOU AND PERETZ RESIGN 10:51  |  paul harris 26/01/07
  44.   #38 SIMPLE FACTS ESCAPE INDY LIKE !! 10:55  |  paul harris 26/01/07
  45.   Decline is simply that: decline 11:13  |  Hannah 26/01/07
  46.   To Democratic American - Wise words 11:22  |  Leb 26/01/07
  47.   indrajaya "israel has lost the war" 11:23  |  tommy suharto 26/01/07
  48.   s.burger: no we are not tired...We have only just woken up!! 11:29  |  Terry 26/01/07
  49.   why did the war not achieve better results? 11:30  |  flashman 26/01/07
  50.   tiny brain in tveria 11:37  |  flashman 26/01/07
  51.   tutorial for tveira 11:43  |  flashman 26/01/07
  52.   versus lebanon you will always fail... 11:47  |  northern neighbor 26/01/07
  53.   Indrajaya on losing 11:47  |  Rufus 26/01/07
  54.   " We must ensure " you are no longer in goverment 12:43  |  reuven 26/01/07
  55.   #46, Terry 12:48  |  Hannah 26/01/07
  56.   #42, RUFUS 12:49  |  indrajaya 26/01/07
  57.   the numbskull indrajaya 13:01  |  tommy suharto 26/01/07
  58.   words of wisdom from hannah 13:03  |  flashman 26/01/07
  59.   hannah "you will certainly lose all that zionism 13:06  |  flashman 26/01/07
  60.   tantrum in tveira 13:18  |  flashman 26/01/07
  61.   terrified in tveira 13:22  |  flashman 26/01/07
  62.   telltale in tveira 13:24  |  flashman 26/01/07
  63.   TOMMY 13:27  |  indrajaya 26/01/07
  64.   northern neighbour has had too much exposure 13:30  |  fallah 26/01/07
  65.   Why war failures? What a question 13:30  |  S 26/01/07
  66.   MARK LINCOLN 31 13:30  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 26/01/07
  67.   toil and trouble in tveira 13:36  |  flashman 26/01/07
  68.   Jon Feigenbaum 14:42  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  69.   to haaetz and indonesia and Long Road To Heaven 14:58  |  bev 26/01/07
  70.   hannah 15:06  |  bev 26/01/07
  71.   Thank you, Leb. We are Humans first 15:08  |  Democratic American 26/01/07
  72.   Mark IV Lincoln 15:16  |  Gabe1 26/01/07
  73.   For Bev: Miplaced doubt 15:33  |  Highlander 26/01/07
  74.   A Difficult War 15:53  |  Ronnie Wolman 26/01/07
  75.   #70, Bev 15:55  |  Hannah 26/01/07
  76.   Indrajaya & Hisballah kindergarten. 15:59  |  Rufus 26/01/07
  77.   ronnie wolman 16:07  |  jerry greenberg 26/01/07
  78.   s you may well be right 16:12  |  trumpledor 26/01/07
  79.   hannah you have begun 16:17  |  bev 26/01/07
  80.   mark lincoln 16:20  |  judith ackerman 26/01/07
  81.   those who accuse israel of warmongering 16:23  |  harzion 26/01/07
  82.   Jerry Greenberg: Sufficient Force 16:29  |  Ronnie Wolman 26/01/07
  83.   Ronnie: A picnic in the countryside: 16:31  |  Highlander 26/01/07
  84.   I don`t see any kind of failur. Israel did a great job 16:43  |  Tamir Gaza 26/01/07
  85.   # 27 Mark Lincoln @ Houston / Texas / USA 16:43  |  Joseph E . 26/01/07
  86.   Ronnie: A picnic in the countryside: (with text!) 16:55  |  Highlander 26/01/07
  87.   Highlander: The Scourge of Okinawa has returned! 16:59  |  Ronnie Wolman 26/01/07
  88.   A second round is unavoidable 17:18  |  Jonathan S 26/01/07
  89.   Democratic American, I support the American war in Iraq 17:21  |  Tamir Gaza 26/01/07
  90.   lebnanien neeko imhom 17:23  |  Tamir Gaza 26/01/07
  91.   Failure 17:25  |  Frank 26/01/07
  92.   We must ensure... 17:40  |  Edith 26/01/07
  93.   #64, fallah 17:41  |  Hannah 26/01/07
  94.   S exactly 17:56  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  95.   Joseph E. - your spinning like a washing machine 18:01  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  96.   Wars are fought for reasons 18:06  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  97.   American Demo re-Leb 18:29  |  Tamir Gaza 26/01/07
  98.   Olmert - Resign ! 18:32  |  Tod Zuckerman 26/01/07
  99.   First step: Get rid of Olmert 19:24  |  Tosefta 26/01/07
  100.   "olmert should not have gone to war" tosefta 20:05  |  flashman 26/01/07
  101.   "flushman"; aka The Hydra 20:06  |  Tosefta 26/01/07
  102.   tosefta therefore suggests israel bow 20:07  |  flashman 26/01/07
  103.   tosefta chooses to ignore 20:14  |  flashman 26/01/07
  104.   has hizballah been deterred? 20:18  |  flashman 26/01/07
  105.   #56 Lincoln has the Wisdom of Solomon 20:19  |  * BEN JABO 26/01/07
  106.   tosefta "hizballah is probably keeping low for now" 20:22  |  flashman 26/01/07
  107.   look at olmert`s picture 20:43  |  flashman 26/01/07
  108.   Moreover Mark Lincoln 20:47  |  S 26/01/07
  109.   the hydra is multicellular and relatively 21:00  |  flashman 26/01/07
  110.   tosefta"it would take years to find a replacement 21:05  |  flashman 26/01/07
  111.   tosefta denies saying hizb would attack 21:12  |  flashman 26/01/07
  112.   tosefta `the article said the lebanese were thriving " 21:16  |  flashman 26/01/07
  113.   The Limits of Air Power - S 22:23  |  Mark Lincoln 26/01/07
  114.   #110, flashman 22:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/01/07
  115.   Bev: Killing own daughter is not nrml human behaviour. 22:40  |  Highlander 26/01/07
  116.   To Tamir- Hate is only going to hurt you 22:58  |  Demcratic American 26/01/07
  117.   Hannah 45 23:52  |  Neal 26/01/07
  118.   highlander, yes, but 00:58  |  bev 27/01/07
  119.   To Democratic American.And to all your responses... 02:05  |  Kath` 27/01/07
  120.   Highlander: The `Democratic` Lebanon 03:01  |  Ronnie Wolman 27/01/07
  121.   Ronnie Wolman 07:33  |  Mark Lincoln 27/01/07
  122.   Is it bad jornalism or reality? 07:35  |  Mark Lincoln 27/01/07
  123.   MR. OLMERT WHY MAKE THIS SOUND DIFFICULT WHEN IT ISN`T? 07:37  |  Dutch 27/01/07
  124.   cipora juliana kohn 09:04  |  flashman 27/01/07
  125.   #123 DORIS QUOTES WINSTON CHURCHILL BUT AS USUAL 09:58  |  paul harris 27/01/07
  126.   #124, flashman 10:47  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/01/07
  127.   Cipora/Flashman 13:20  |  S 27/01/07
  128.   Highlander # 115 13:29  |  ChanahS 27/01/07
  129.   DAVID T #34 15:41  |  GABE1 27/01/07
  130.   We must stop taking orders from the White House 15:47  |  isratinian 27/01/07
  131.   s 16:25  |  flashman 27/01/07
  132.   s tilts at windmills 16:29  |  flashman 27/01/07
  133.   but is tosefta neutral in the conflict? 16:31  |  flashman 27/01/07
  134.   tilting at tosefta 16:33  |  flashman 27/01/07
  135.   Mark Lincon: Israel is a democracy 16:36  |  Ronnie Wolman 27/01/07
  136.   think tosefta of tveira 16:37  |  flashman 27/01/07
  137.   tosefta to israel "bullies beware" 16:39  |  flashman 27/01/07
  138.   tosefta on destroying irans nukes 16:42  |  flashman 27/01/07
  139.   Earth vs. Mars (Bird from outer space #114) 16:43  |  Tosefta 27/01/07
  140.   Return of the shallow water, multi-headed hydra (aka "flushman") 17:00  |  Tosefta 27/01/07
  141.   in frustration tosefta resorts to poetry 17:13  |  flashman 27/01/07
  142.   tosefta the lady you seek to bully 17:17  |  flashman 27/01/07
  143.   re tosefta and his poetry 17:19  |  flashman 27/01/07
  144.   it would take a long time to replace oil 17:22  |  flashman 27/01/07
  145.   the question is why did tosefta lash out 17:24  |  flashman 27/01/07
  146.   Pretty windmills Flashman 17:29  |  S 27/01/07
  147.   teach re your criticism of my quotes 17:45  |  flashman 27/01/07
  148.   s never seen a modern windmill 17:49  |  flashman 27/01/07
  149.   #113 Lincoln :writes from OCCUPIED TEXAS 19:16  |  * BEN JABO 27/01/07
  150.   Chanah: Comparitive literacy rates under siege. 20:01  |  Highlander 27/01/07
  151.   genital cutting 10:10  |  KB 28/08/09
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