Israel’s Cabinet approved setting up a commission of inquiry into the war against Hezbollah. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s proposal for a government-appointed, rather than an independent, probe was endorsed by a 20-2 vote in the Cabinet on Sunday, with one abstention.
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