Bibi is back; who's backing Bibi?
Once you've held the highest office there's a magnetic pull drawing you back. Peres, Barak and Bibi are all seeking Israel's top job.N.Y. Times:
JERUSALEM, Aug. 30 - Benjamin Netanyahu, a former prime minister, today announced his intention to topple the current prime minister, Ariel Sharon, as leader of the ruling Likud party, a move that threatens the government and increases the likelihood of early elections in Israel...
So what is- the man who gave up Hebron and more (after promising not to) in the Wye Agreement- message?:
Mr. Sharon "has abandoned the way of Likud, and chose another way, the way of the left," Mr. Netanyahu said in Tel Aviv press conference, accompanied by a number of Likud legislators. "Sharon gave and gave and gave some more, and the Palestinians got more and more and more. And what did we get in return? The answer is nothing, nothing and nothing."...
Nothing? The peace process is predicated on land for peace. Whether peace will ensue will take more than a week to determine. Besides the strategy of Gaza had to do primarily with the worthless expense of maintaining the place.
Several recent opinion polls have shown Mr. Netanyahu, 55, well ahead of Mr. Sharon in surveys of Likud party members...
Bibi is running to reverse his own withdrawal from office. He has no core principles other than to get elected. The Right will use him as he'll use them than get rid of each other at their own conveyance.
The more things change the more Israel stays the same.
posted by Yeshiva Orthodoxy
at 5:58 PM
2 Comments:
I think that although Bibi did give back chevron and signed on the wye agreement(despite president clintons promise to free jonathon pollard) chevron was inherited from the previous rabin-peres govt,and the wye agreement he did force the PA to make commitments and pressured the US to have monitors in the region.he was the toughest on arafat. while I do agree with you that his power is pulling him back and he'll do anything to get elected ,he definetly learned from his first experience,and will make a more experienced PM.
First, most people don't change. To believe otherwise is a giant leap of faith. Israel can't avoid world opinion and must comprimise at times. If Sharon isn't the one there are others who are well respected.
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