Their coalition government enjoys a comfortable parliamentary majority; nor does the political arithmetic imply a viable parliamentary alternative. But public opinion – volatile and angry – calls for both to resign: a public-opinion poll conducted after the Commission published its report indicated that only 14% of Israelis believe that Olmert should keep his job, while less than 11% support Peretz.
奥尔默特和佩雷茨能否留任？他们的联合政府在议会中占据较大的多数席位。政治算术也并不表明可以有能够存活下来的其他的议会组成选择。但是舆论是不定的而又愤怒，要求二人都辞职。委员会发表其报告后所作的民意调查表明，14％的以色列人相信奥尔默特应当留任，而支持佩雷茨的人不到11％。