Will Olmert resign this week? Leading or being led?

What started off as a fairly slow news week suddenly looks like it is going to turn into a really interesting week.

Tomorrow is the vote in Knesset whether to dissolve or not. Olmert is worried he has not been successful in threatening and bribing enough people to support him. People from his office have said tonight that if the vote goes for dissolving the Knesset, even though it is only going to be the first reading of the bill and he would have a chance to avert it at a later stage, Olmert is planning on resigning.

Instead of resigning on his own terms when he saw what kind of trouble he was in, Olmert chose to not be a leader, but to be led by others. Instead of leading, he is reacting. Typical of his whole tenure.

The method of his resignation has not been announced, or decided, yet, according to the sources. It makes a difference for whether we go to new elections right away or if their is a caretaker government or somebody else is given the chance to hobble together a coalition.

We can expect a dramatic day today, and if Barak and Shas do not buckle to Olmert's pressure, an even more dramatic day tomorrow.