Peretz reiterates refusal to resign

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Defense Minister Amir Peretz spoke on Friday evening with members of the Movement for Quality Government who were demonstrating outside his home, calling for a government committee of inquiry into the Lebanon war, Army Radio reported. Peretz refused to resign, and said that he intended to start the IDF on a work plan to raise the level of preparedness. Earlier Friday, Peretz hinted that the time might come when he would resign. "The moment might arrive when I feel that I want to fulfill myself in other ways," he said.