Geez, that’s like saying to someone in a small boat, “Here, give me your oars and take ths box of anchors and I’ll throw in a couple of broken car engines and burned up transmissions as a bonus.”

UltimateBob on March 25, 2009 at 11:49 AM

Actually, that’s not such a bad trade because it creates an instant new island nation.

Oh, and we get Netanyahu (you get Obama and we will throw in our entire Democratic Congress as a bonus, no extra charge) or no deal.

Maxx on March 24, 2009 at 11:59 PM

Geez, that’s like saying to someone in a small boat, “Here, give me your oars and take ths box of anchors and I’ll throw in a couple of broken car engines and burned up transmissions as a bonus.”

Manhigut Yehudit’s english website:

http://www.jewishisrael.org/

The Manhigut Yehudit (Israeli leadership) faction of Likud led by Moshe Feiglin claims that Netanyahu has internalized the views of the left by merit of being in the Israeli government so long. And that Likud forming an alliance with Labor has more to do with Netanyahu’s dislike of the right than with efforts to exclude Kadima. While I don’t agree with Feiglin on many issues, I do expect that Feiglin or some right-wing figure will eventually take control of Likud as it becomes clear to right wing voters the degree to which Netanyahu has strayed from the flock.

If anyone wants to read more on the current political situation, it is important to keep in mind that religion plays a much greater role in Israeli politics than it does in American politics. Pat Robertson would be extremely uncomfortable with the political demands of the traditionally religious political groups. On the other hand, the Israeli press seems to be to the left of the American press, if that is possible.

Netanyahu says his gov’t will push for peace with Palestinians

Now it is the “Livni Party,” and Tzipi Livni is a stupid jerk to the left of Labor.

There is no reason for Kadima to continue to exist. Therefore, it will fail. Lefties will go back to labor (especially given Labor’s new relevance) and righties will go back to Likud (because Kadima is not representing them). Moderates will stick around for a while, but Kadima will bleed them off over time. Since no one knows what it stands for, Kadima will have ruthless intra-party battles over leadership. Whoever wins will inherit a party that is basically empty of everything.

TOTUS will probably invite Bibi to a “working lunch” at the White House… and serve Ham sandwiches.

cs89 on March 24, 2009 at 7:09 PM

Perhaps Hussein will throw in some region 1 format DVDs. All us Israelis have multi-system players. :)

I didn’t know Israel had a President and a Prime Minister. I hate showing my ignorance here, but which one is the boss?

Maxx on March 24, 2009 at 11:59 PM

The President in the Israeli system is not much more than a figure-head. The only real power the Israeli Presidency has is in handling governments – determining who gets to try and put governments together, whether no governing coalition is possible, … This is not a great deal of power, though it can have an effect, at times. Other than that, the Israeli President is a joke position. Perfect for Peres (if he has to be in the government, at all).

Our president is Shimon Peres.

Still wanna trade? One benefit I can think of is that Peres manages without a teleprompter chained around his ankle. Other than that, nobody gains.

Shy Guy on March 24, 2009 at 5:50 PM

I didn’t know Israel had a President and a Prime Minister. I hate showing my ignorance here, but which one is the boss?

Oh, and we get Netanyahu (you get Obama and we will throw in our entire Democratic Congress as a bonus, no extra charge) or no deal.

Godspeed Bibi. Take no prisoners. Keep pounding their head until they sue for an everlasting peace.

He is handsome, charming, erudite and—happily married.

Meryl Yourish on March 24, 2009 at 5:40 PM

Sarah Netanyahu is quite how shall I put it “unstable.”

TOTUS will probably invite Bibi to a “working lunch” at the White House… and serve Ham sandwiches.

cs89 on March 24, 2009 at 7:09 PM

+1

I hope he succeeds.

BHO will have a chat with Iran’s AckMyDumbJihad, but he won’t have anything to do with Bibi.

jgapinoy on March 24, 2009 at 5:15 PM

TOTUS will probably invite Bibi to a “working lunch” at the White House… and serve Ham sandwiches.

Bibi come back!
You can blame it all on me…
I was wrong and I just can’t live without you.

aengus on March 24, 2009 at 6:35 PM

Here’s a little linguistic bit you might get a kick out of; “Shinui”, the name of the defunct political party of morons I keep ragging on, means “change”.

The fact is that Kadima is ill-named. It should be called ‘Achora’.

I had to look up both words. Lol.

Bibi’s English is much better, and more “American”, than Obama’s. Just sayin’ …

Netanyahu’s victory leaves Kadima without firm footing in Israel.

Kadima never had any firm footing in Israel. The party was nothing but Sharon, and once he got his Gaza disengagement (which was sheer lunacy), fell into a coma, and the wars all broke out, it was all but over for Kadima. Kadima is nothing more than the newest incarnation of a political party for the politically dead, and, like Shinui just before it, was destined for the waste heap.

Ariel Sharon launched Kadima as a way to claim the center from Likud and Labor despite having spent decades building the former and fighting the latter.

Kadima was Sharon’s folly.

Livni now leads the party, and had hoped to force Netanyahu out by blocking any majority coalition,

I’m not sure where you got this idea. Kadima couldn’t block anything. There were 66 seats that went to the right, in total, leaving only 54 to the left. Of that 54, 11 were arab parties (i.e. not to be considered in any government, therefore throwaways), which means that Kadima ony led a left of 43 seats. Kadima was a political joke, no matter how you cut it, unless Kadima got some brains and turned right.

making her the next choice to form a government.

It was all but impossible for Kadima to form a government. It is slightly possible that Kadima could have gotten Israel Beiteinu into a coalition, but that is highly doubtful, and without them Kadima was out of the running.

We are all waiting for the slugs in Kadima to put that party to sleep, which is the only condition in which it won’t threaten Israel’s existence. As I said, Kadima was a political exercise akin to Shinui before it. A party of losers without any ideas – none that a sane person would accept, at least. The sooner Kadima is gone, the better for Israel. The fact is that Kadima is ill-named. It should be called ‘Achora’.

Hottest world leader evah.
patriette

Couldn’t agree more. Yesterday over lunch, my friend and I were discussing hot world leaders (weird, I know.). Netanyahu topped both of our lists.