Comments on: New Israeli right-wing leader worries Netanyahu

By: MelonCollie

MelonCollie — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:58:05 +0000

if this bucktoothed little pos makes bibi look reasonable, israel is in big trouble.

sesquipedalian on December 27, 2012 at 5:52 PM

Israel is in big trouble every day of its existence regardless of who the hell is in charge, skippy, they’re a flyover NATION in the middle of millions of Arabs. And we’re in no better shape leadership-wise.

By: sesquipedalian

sesquipedalian — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:52:24 +0000

His sprawling, modern home in Raanana, an upscale suburb of Tel Aviv, is far from the barren hilltops of the West Bank settlers who form the backbone of his support

if this bucktoothed little pos makes bibi look reasonable, israel is in big trouble.

By: georgealbert

georgealbert — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:44:35 +0000

Calling Jews building homes in Israel settlers is racist. The Jews are indigenous people of Israel and Jerusalem has been the capitol of the Jews for over 3000 years. And calling a traditional Jew, part of the “religious right” or a “hardliner” is Orwellian considering that the AP calls the terrorist, child murderers and misogynists of the muslim brotherhood “moderates.”

By: besser tot als rot

besser tot als rot — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:12:36 +0000

This article is misleading, factually inaccurate – even to the point of silliness in a few spots – and almost derogatory.

AlexB on December 27, 2012 at 4:47 PM

It’s an article by the AP. What do you expect? It says that it is by the AP, you say it is misleading, factually inaccurate. That is redundant.

By: ThePrimordialOrderedPair

ThePrimordialOrderedPair — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:02:57 +0000

Bennett is correct in stating that there cannot be a Pali state. If the palis were to get the West Bank Israel would never be secure again. It is not a 3 minute flight from the border of the West Bank to Tel Aviv (and it is ZERO at Jerusalem) and Israel would constantly be susceptible to a pali attack (or an attack by other arabs) taking advantage of a pali airport built near the border (which we all know the palis would do, I think). Further, there are water issues and other sensitive problems that make a West Bank pali state totally unworkable.

It is almost offensive to still have to listen to people talk about a “two state solution” when it’s clear that there would be, at the least, three states. Even currently, gaza and the West Bank are totally different arabs who have no love for each other and, other than working to destroy Israel, share nothing. The further offense that the palis would have to get some sort of transit corridor through Israel to connect those two areas (thereby splitting Israel, but who cares about that …) just makes it all that much more insane.

The palis had 12 chances to have their own states. They blew them all. They rejected offer after offer. They violated the Oslo Accords the day they were enacted (and have made a mockery of them ever since). They had many chances to get their two extra states (after which they would have then allied with the rest of the arabs and worked to totally destroy Israel) and they blew them all. Now, it’s time to be serious about the situation. The palis can’t have jack. They were on the losing side in a handful of wars waged against Israel and have to suffer the consequences. Israel has to consider its long-term security and cannot be bullied into a suicidal position by uninvolved third parties like the EU, the UN, Russia, the US, …

Israel has a rough ride ahead. Very rough.

By: AlexB

AlexB — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:47:10 +0000

This article is misleading, factually inaccurate – even to the point of silliness in a few spots – and almost derogatory. The AP’s trying to paint him as a dangerous extremist.

He is not that popular among the youth of Tel Aviv (the equivalent of the youth of NYC – liberals) and among the Israeli media which are also pretty liberal and are looking for “gotcha” moments to create controversy just like any media in liberal democratic countries, but he is popular enough and centrist enough among the Israeli populace.

The man was Netanyahu’s chief of staff for 2 years after all. He is actually less extremist than Avigdor Liberman, if Liberman can be even considered extremist based on his actions.

By: ChunkyLover

ChunkyLover — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:41:05 +0000

looks like a clone of Putin, but hopefully not his political clone