prime minister's private Jerusalem home to find out whether the dolce vita-loving Ehud Olmert (left) purchased his luxurious house at too low a price. The probe is expanding to other incidents of buying and selling.
Olmert, a sharp lawyer, is trying to juggle investigations like a magician whose powers are fading. His conduct as prime minister at the outbreak of the war and during the course of it will soon be investigated by the State Comptroller and a commission of inquiry. The probes into his private and public affairs are feeding each other. Losing his grip in one of them will bring disaster upon him in the other.
In Tel Aviv, Defence Minister Amir Peretz, the leader of the Labour party, is to be investigated for his conduct during the war. This is a threat that is already weakening him within his party, where rivals for the leadership await his fall.
Under Peretz, the entire military establishment is trembling. The general who ran the war in the north has resigned. Generals in the reserves are urging the 
