Bibi has no one to Blame but Himself
by Dr. Moshe Dann
For more than three years PM Netanyahu has been able
to slip back and forth between the Right and Left. He recognised
the legitimacy of a Palestinian state (albeit “demilitarised”),
agreed to a 10-month building freeze, allowed DM Ehud Barak to withhold
building permits and destroy Jewish homes, and refused to accept an official
report on the legal status of Judea and Samaria which he commissioned… With
political rivals gaining on him, primarily over the issue of ‘settlements’, PM
Netanyahu will be forced to clarify where he stands…
His advantage is that the Right does not want to
topple him; they want him to implement policies that support the settlement
movement. To his disadvantage, he does not want to be seen as leading a
Right-wing government. The Left would like to defeat him, but have neither the
votes nor a credible candidate.
Naftali Bennett, head of the Bayit
Yehudi party, has challenged conventional Israeli
politics by offering a clear agenda that has wide appeal and confronts the
issues which PM Netanyahu has until now successfully avoided. Bennett’s
challenge is not only to PM Netanyahu, but to every other candidate as well,
because of his shifting the campaign from personalities to issues.
Bennett’s threat to the political system is that he
says what he believes, he has a plan and he can be trusted. For Israeli voters
disappointed by candidates they elected, frustrated by broken promises and
cynical politicians, Bennett has changed the rules of the game.
For Bennett, it’s not about power, it’s about
integrity. This has stirred a revolution in Israeli politics that voters
understand and politicians would do well to heed.
PS: Likud’s chief asset,
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, may also be its chief liability. His silence
and ambiguity, his failure to preempt a nuclear-armed Iran and his alignment
with Barak Obama on Middle East affairs affecting Israel’s vital security are
hurting his party.
Netanyahu Can’t be
Trusted
Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu has stopped progress on plans to build in the E1 area of Maaleh
Adumim. Facing international criticism after the government approved new
construction in the area, Netanyahu is reportedly delaying sending it onward to
a planning committee. The move proves he was never serious about the plan. MK
Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi - Tekuma) accused: “Stopping the publication of the
building plans for E-1 proves that his talk about settlement is an illusion (political deception).”
Food for Thought by Steven Shamrak
Israeli voters
are disillusioned with 20 years of a useless and self- destructive peace process, imposed on
No
International Pressure on Colonial Britain
to Negotiate
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has released a public
letter urging the
US-made
Missiles Destined for
Egyptian
security forces in the
Fake
Right-Wingers or Traitors
Avigdor
Lieberman, former Foreign Minister, declared on Sunday that he believes in the
“two state solution”.
PA’s Fake Refugee Policy - Refused to Take Refugees
The PA
governments in
Obama’s Direction is Obvious
Obama
has nominated Chuck Hagelto to succeed retiring
Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta. Hagel’s confirmation faces a fight for
endorsement in Congress over his views on
Islamic Enemy Supported by Obama
Long
before he was elected as
Ego and
Self-Interest Perivale in Israel Left Politics
Three
Israeli centre-left parties have failed in an initial attempt to form a united
bloc that might have cut into Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's lead in polls
before the January 22 election.
The Vatican is still Profoundly
Anti-Semitic
The
Vatican tried to reaffirm its (pretend) commitment to dialogue with the Jewish
people after Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the
traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), said "the enemies of the
Church: the Jews, the Masons, the modernists” in a video in late December,
which is currently circulating on YouTube. (Being a
‘nice’ and politically correct person, he did not mention the rise of Islam!)
Renaming the PA is Violation of the Peace Agreement!
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has asked his West Bank-based
government to prepare for replacing the words "Palestinian Authority"
with "State of Palestine". Mark Regev, an
Israeli government spokesman, dismissed the name change as insignificant. (When will deliberately ‘ignorant’ Israeli politicians
understand that where Jews are concerned, everything is significant?
Quote(s) of the Week:
“Most (intelligent) American legislators
and policy makers understand that the strategic cooperation between Israel and
the US does not hinge on the Palestinian issue or on the settlement issue, not
even on the overall conflict between Israel and the Arab nations. Rather, it is
based on mutual and common interests in the Middle East and the world over,
such as Iran’s nuclear threat, counter- terrorism, missile defence,
intelligence-sharing, battle tactics, defense and commercial industrial
research, where Israel has a competitive edge over any other country in the
world.” - Yair Shamir,
Deputy Head, Yisrael Beytenu.
Current Egyptian President
Mohamed Morsi, whose government received support from the United States and most
of the international ‘prostitutes’, asserted in September 2010:
Note: Just imagine
what amount of noise and international condemnation would be generated if
similar ideas about Arabs and Muslims were expressed by Netanyahu! Anti-Israel bigots can say
and do anything against