By Andrew L. Jaffee

Aren’t democratically-elected heads of state supposed to protect their people? Apparently not Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: He’s signaled Palestinian terrorists to kill more Jews, rejected the advice of the IDF, and given up Israel’s proven tactic of responding to terror with overwhelming force:

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert instructed the IDF on Tuesday to maintain the existing cease-fire with the Palestinians, and not to alter its operations following Monday’s suicide bombing in Eilat, which killed three people.

Israel Radio reported that in a meeting with several defense heads, Olmert rejected a number of anti-terror proposals.