Olmert To Step Down In September



(image via abc.net)

So now the question is: Will Ehud Barack or the noxious Benjamin Netanyahu be the next Prime Minister of Israel? From Bloomberg:

"Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today he will step down "with honor" when the ruling Kadima party chooses a new chief in September, ending 2 1/2 years in power amid a corruption scandal.

"'When a new party chairman is selected, I will resign as prime minister in order to let the chairman assemble a new government quickly and efficiently,'' he told reporters at his Jerusalem home in televised remarks.

"Olmert, 62, has been under pressure to leave because of a police probe into allegations he took money from U.S. businessman Morris Talansky. He described himself today as a victim of investigations and of 'unreasonably disproportionate' attacks."