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Rumors of Dream Coalition

15-Mar-09

Rumors are flying high in the media that Binyamin Netanyahu might ditch Avigdor Lieberman in favor of Tzipi Livni’s Kadima party. As unlikely as it seems right now, it is a scenario most Israelis would rather see.
Choosing Livni over Lieberman presumably means the formation of a rotating government, in which Netanyahu would be Prime Minister [...]

Filed in In the news, Political Crap | Also tagged Avigdor Lieberman, Binyamin Netanyahu, Survivor, Tzipi Livni | Comments (0) »

Taking Out the Goat

09-Mar-09

“Taking out the goat” is a known Israeli expression. It usually means creating a false demand during negotiations, so it could be dropped later in a public display of compromise. Obviously, the whole idea of taking out the goat revolves around ego-maintenance and manipulation of public opinion.
Well, over the past few days, knowing whether Daniel [...]

Filed in People, Political Crap | Also tagged Binyamin Netanyahu, Daniel Friedmann, Minister of Justice | Comments (0) »

Opposition Reconstruction

11-Feb-09

These were strange elections. The “Right Block” (of political parties) and the “Center Block” have achieved a problematic tie, while the “Left Block” has been brutally crushed by its (lack of) voters.
Ehud Barak, a former Prime Minister, current Minister of Defense, and chairman of the Avoda (Israeli Labor Party), was the first party leader to [...]

Filed in Guest Commentaries, In the news, Political Crap | Also tagged Avoda, Elections, Meretz, Opposition, Zehava Gal-On | Comments (4) »

Who will blink first?

20-Oct-08

Livni had about a month to form a coalition ever since she was elected Kadima’s. But in the past 28 days she seemed to hurry nowhere, conducting the negotiations quite sluggishly.
Today her 90 minutes are up, and she only has a single round of overtime. (if you’d excuse my soccer metaphors). This morning, Mrs. Livni [...]