How long can Israeli Prime Minister go without taking off his rose coloured glasses?

If ever there was a reason why acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should not be acting, let alone deserve to be Prime Minister of Israel - Ynetnews Online has captured the rationale in full in Olmert’s own brief words:

Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he disagrees with a recent Shin Bet assessment that a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority constitutes a strategic threat on Israel. "I highly respect the Shin Bet director, but I do not agree with his assessment," Olmert said, referring to Yuval Diskin's remarks two days ago.

Shin Bet is the Israeli internal intelligence and security force – the equivalent of the RCMP in Canada or the FBI in the United States. Quibbling over the meaning of intelligence reports with your Security Director is nothing new, but to suggest that a Hamas run Palestinian Authority does not constitute a strategic threat to Israel is not only just willful blindness but national suicide.