Ehud Olmert definitely inhabits some parallel universe to the one the rest of us live in. Witness this set of dueling quotes from today’s Haaretz.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday that Israel’s offensive in Lebanon had “entirely destroyed” the infrastructure of Hizbollah, citing the reduced number of rockets hitting Israel.
“I think Hizbollah has been disarmed by the military operation of Israel to a large degree,” he said.
And this:
After two days in which Hezbollah fired almost no rockets at Israel, some 210 rockets and missiles were launched on Wednesday toward northern communities – the largest number since the beginning of the fighting.
One man, Dave Lalchuk, 52, of Kibbutz Sa’ar, was killed and 16 others were wounded, three moderately, in the attacks.
Long-range rockets and missiles also fell in the Palestinian Authority between Jenin and Beit She’an and in the area of Afula.
The above article neglects to mention that the Beit She’an rocket landed a full 35 miles south of the border and was one of the more advanced Fajr rockets that Hezbollah has in its arsenal, but which it has used sparingly until now.
