In Israel up to 40,000 protesters gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand the Israeli government authorize a state inquiry to probe the handling of the war in Lebanon. The demonstration was the largest public show of dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert since he took office in May.

• Yuval Cohen: “We are gathering here to demand a constitutional inquiry of what happened in the Lebanon war and I am here because like many other Israelis I think that Israel cannot compromise on its security and I think that a lot of people here and a lot of supporters around and I think that there is a big stress and a big power that drives the demand for inquiry so that is why we are here.”