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Originally Posted by Sticky
The most recent news is that
- Kadima has been talking with Yisrael Beitenu and therfore the other praties on the left are refusing to talk with Kadima about a coalition.
- Likud has approached some of the religious parties on the right to secure a large enough block to convince President Shimon Peres to allow Likud to try and form the government by finding more parties to join their block. They do not have an agreement with Yisrael Beitenu at this point.
Here is an interesting article from from a few days ago, written by Caroline Glick, on the choices available to Likud.
Column One: Enter the Netanyahu gov't | Columnists | Jerusalem Post |
Oh, Caroline Glick.
What's hilarious about this article is that it continually refers to Kadima, the party of Ariel Sharon, as a 'leftist' party. And I thought
the US was confused about what it means to be on the political left.
This is interesting too:
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The generally ignored truth is that international hostility toward Israel is driven by factors extraneous to Israel. Consequently, Israel's governments have little ability to influence how foreign governments treat it, regardless of who forms those governments.
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It's surreal but all too common to see written out this blithely: it makes no difference what we do, because our existential struggle bears no connection at all to our own actions.
And of course, here it is, the unsubtle factor distinguishing the loony-right in Israel from the regular ol' right: an absolute disdain for any concessions in the way of peace.
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Livni can hardly be expected to set aside her obsession with establishing a Palestinian state in Jerusalem, Gaza and Judea and Samaria, particularly given that she seems convinced that she won the elections.
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It seems then that for Ms Glick (oh how we've missed you) and her beloved Likud, the only remaining avenue to safeguard the security of Israeli citizens is by obliterating every last enemy or cowing them into submission militarily. We've seen how well that works over the last 60 years.