An Israeli General and his Stocks and Shares

Patriotism or Profits ? What comes first ??  - ajohnstone , edinburgh br 

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's army chief Dan Halutz reportedly offloaded his stock 
portfolio hours before the Jewish state unleashed a massive offensive in 
Lebanon and the stock market tumbled.
According to the Maariv daily, Halutz sold the shares at noon on July 12, three 
hours after two soldiers were seized by Hezbollah in a cross-border raid and as 
Israeli artillery began to pound the positions of the Shiite militia in 
Lebanon, the paper said.

Israel's main TA-25 index slumped by 8.3 percent over two days from July 12....

...Colette Aviattal, a Labor MP, said, calling for Halutz to step down. "The 
country was under fire and all that was important to him was his stock 
portfolio," 

Zevulon Orlev, from the right-wing National Religious Party, echoed the 
sentiment. "During critical hours for a nation, one expects the chief of staff 
to be totally involved in the running of the war and not in personal questions 
of winnings or losses on the stock market," he said.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16082006/323/israeli-army-chief-sold-stocks-hours-war.html


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