This is ominous:

As the pendulum swung Friday towards the prospect of a diplomatic end to the current Israel-Hezbollah conflict, rather than the military push that earlier appeared likely, commentators in Israel were scrutinizing the implications that the crisis, and any international deal to end it, may have for the future.

Some are already whetting their knives for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. An opinion in the Israeli daily Haaretz on Friday, which likened acceptance of the latest UN ceasefire proposal to 'unconditional ceasefire to Hezbollah,' said Olmert 'cannot remain in the prime minister's office.'

'You cannot lead an entire nation to war promising victory, produce humiliating defeat and remain in power,' the paper thundered.

Although Haaretz's tone may represent the more hawkish view, questions are being widely asked regarding the government's handling of the crisis.

A poll in the Yediot Aharonot newspaper Friday showed 37 per cent of the 500 people questioned believed Israel would cripple Hezbollah, compared with 40 per cent in a previous survey.

Public support remains high at 66 per cent among those polled for the government's management of the crisis - apart from heavy criticism of how the 'home front' issue has been handled - but the growing media calls for the prime minister's head may represent the first signs of a turn in opinion that may will make the premier a casualty of the war.

We may start thinking in terms of new elections following the implementation of a UN resolution.