Almagor chairman Meir Indor slammed comments by Defense Minister Ehud Olmert, who said that he was in favor of relinquishing land beyond the security fence, regardless of the Palestinian Authority’s willingness to end the Israel-Arab dispute. “Barak’s comments in his interview with Yisrael Hayom are a warning signal for the Israeli public,” Indor said. “In working to guarantee his political future, Barak time and again comes up with new political tricks. The most newest of these is his preposterous plan for another ‘disengagement.’

“The man never ceases to surprise,” Indor added, “and must be taken seriously―but the cold cynicism of his political tricks is scary. Past experience shows that he is entirely willing to abandon any semblance of military sense in order to shore up his political position.”