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This document appears to be a page from Ehud Barak's memoir (Exhibit 405 in a House Oversight investigation). It details the political fallout of the Talansky corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, including a $150,000 cash payment, which led to Olmert's eventual resignation and new elections set for February 2009. The text also covers the escalating security situation in Gaza, rocket attacks on Israel, and internal government debates involving Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu regarding a potential military operation.

This document is page 316 from a memoir (likely by Ehud Barak, titled 'My Country, My Life'), stamped with a House Oversight Committee code. It details the final days of the 1999 Israeli Prime Minister election campaign, specifically focusing on internal polling data and the strategic withdrawal of rival candidate Yitzhik Mordechai to support Barak against Benjamin Netanyahu ('Bibi'). The text highlights Barak's refusal to cut a political deal prior to the election to maintain a 'blank slate' for coalition building.