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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (C) during a special session of Israel 's parliament, or Knesset, in Jerusalem Monday 14 August, 2006. In a speech to the parliament hours after a U.N. brokered cease-fire took effect Olmert said he took sole responsibility, as Israel's prime minister, for the offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and said the war shifted the strategic balance in the region. EPA/YOSSI ZAMIR ISRAEL OUT