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- Uncle Tom?
Ayoob Kara won’t present these dilemmas to the Jewish public. Even if he is appointed to a post in the Netanyahu government, he must remain right-wing and “loyal,” to the liking of Avigdor Lieberman. Kara, a hawk and reserves officer who declares his complete loyalty to the state and Likud, does not view himself as [...]
- Center-Right?
To form the kind of center-right government Mr. Netanyahu says he would like to administer, he needs the Kadima party as a moderating force. (more…) Netanyahu’s version of “center-right” (and the Christian Science Monitor‘s apparently) is not bombing Palestinians into submission, but rather increasing land expropriation and settlement expansion. Oh, and not requiring Israeli Arab [...]
- This is the Israeli Left
We must not be led astray in this election campaign and consider both Livni and Barak as moderates, in contrast to the “extremist” Netanyahu. This is a deception. Kadima and Labor, the center and left-wing parties, have led Israel to two awful wars within two years. Netanyahu has yet to go to war once. True, [...]
- Israeli Politics
The left-wing pretends to accept the concept of a land-for-peace settlement but, in practice, perpetually stalls it by launching regional atrocities. The right-wing is more honest. It openly rejects the notion of relinquishing any land. (more…)
- If Obama is Serious…
Some time before Israelis vote in February, Mr Obama should spell out precisely the sort of peace America envisages: two states sharing Jerusalem, with a border very close to the pre-1967 armistice line, not one that lets Israel keep its settlement blocks deep in the West Bank. Just as Hamas needs to hear that Israel [...]
- When Fascists Fear Fascists
Feiglin said Netanyahu’s campaign against him proved that “Bibi is under pressure because he’s worried that one day I’ll replace him and lead the Likud and the country.” (more…)
- Between Racists & Ultra-Nationalist Fascists
Three polls released since the Likud primary all point to an emerging trend: the Likud, even with Moshe Feiglin – maybe precisely because of Feiglin – is increasing its lead over Kadima. Kadima is slipping, even as Labor rises. (more…)
- Livni’s Plan to Further Rid Israel of Arabs
“When the Palestinian state is created, I will be able to go to Palestinians citizens – who we call Israeli Arabs – and say to them: You are residents with equal rights, but your national solution is in another place,” Livni was quoted by Army Radio as saying to students at a Tel Aviv high [...]
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“It might harm our chances to win the election because he and his group are very different from the Likud,” said Yuval Steinitz, a Likud Knesset Member and Netanyahu loyalist before the primary. “Their positions are very much to the right of the Likud.” (more…)
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Feiglin endorsed candidates who he said would most likely be loyal to the Land, people and Torah of Israel, and he succeeded in getting them elected. (more…)
- Uri Avnery: Likud Rising
Two documents appeared side by side in Haaretz last week, on November 21: a giant advertisement from the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the results of a public opinion poll.The proximity was accidental, but to the point. The PLO ad sets out the details of the 2002 Saudi peace offer, decorated with the colorful flags [...]
- Gideon Levy: Born in Sin
The Israeli peace camp was born in sin and died because of a lie: It was born as the legitimate son of the sin of occupation, and died the illegitimate son of the lie that “there is no partner” with whom to negotiate on the other side. Between September 1967 and October 2000, it spent [...]
