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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/854673.htmlForeign Minster Tzipi Livni, speaking for the first time since the release of a partial report on the conduct of the Second Lebanon War, said Wednesday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert must resign in the wake of the harsh criticism in the report.
She said, however, that she opposed new Knesset elections.
Speaking after an hour-long meeting with Ehud Olmert on Wednesday afternoon, Livni said that she had supported the decision to launch a military opertation on July 12, but had voted against an escalation of the hostilities. She also said there had been no coordination with the Prime Minister's Office during the war.