Ehud Olmert’s formal resignation Sunday was an ignominious end to a premiership marked by multiple corruption scandals, a failed war in Lebanon and unfinished business on the Palestinian, Syrian and Iranian fronts.
The invitations to Sarah Palin and all other pols to a Jewish-sponsored rally to protest the Iranian president at the United Nations were revoked after controversy erupted over her participation.
With her decisive win in the Kadima Party primary, Tzipi Livni now must assemble a coalition government so she can become prime minister. Then all she’ll have to do is deal with all of Israel’s regional threats.
