Posted on 05/05/2007 10:01:46 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
One-in-four Israelis would pick Benjamin Netanyahu as their head of government, according to a poll by Dialog released by Haaretz. 26 per cent of respondents would like the Likud leader to become prime minister again.
Shimon Peres of the Kadima party is second with 11 per cent, followed by fellow party member and current foreign affairs minister Tzipi Livni with 10 per cent, former prime minister Ehud Barak of the Labour party with six per cent, current prime minister Ehud Olmert also with six per cent, and Labour’s Ami Ayalon with five per cent.
In March 2006, Israeli voters renewed the Knesset. Kadima, founded by former prime minister Ariel Sharon and led by Olmert, secured 29 seats. Labour, the Retired People’s Party (Gil) and the International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews (Shas) joined Kadima in a coalition. In October, the Israeli cabinet approved the addition of Israel Our Home to the government. Olmert’s coalition now has the support of 78 of the Knesset’s 120 members.
A preview of the so-called Winograd Report—which looked into Israel’s handling of last year’s conflict with Lebanon-based Hezbollah—was released on Apr. 30. The document, drafted by a special commission appointed by the prime minister to investigate Israel’s military and political actions during the war, found Olmert, defence minister Amir Peretz and then Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) chief of staff Dan Halutz responsible for "very serious failings" when making decisions throughout this period.
On May 3, Netanyahu called for Olmert’s resignation, declaring, "It is obvious that this government has lost all that was left of the public’s trust." Netanyahu served as prime minister from June 1996 to July 1999, and resigned from Sharon’s cabinet—where he held the finance portfolio—after opposing the "Disengagement Plan."
The Labour party will hold a leadership primary on May 28. The list of candidates includes Barak, Ayalon, Peretz, and current lawmakers Ophir Paz-Pines and Danny Yatom.
Quite a disparity. Promising.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
BUMP
Well .. I’m rooting for Netanyahu. He is strong and tough and what Israel needs.
...which means 74 per cent *don’t* want him. No matter who is PM, he or she will be unpopular, and immediately.
Olmert's coalition now has the support of 78 of the Knesset's 120 members.29 of those seats are Kadima.
I would absolutely be for Bibi Netanyahu ....
The Iranians are probably sweating in their turbans
Good!
Bibi ping.
NO way, Bibi has a set of nads, the Jews in Israel won’t stand for this.
That's flawed logic. If my choices are A, B, and C and when asked which one I want first, if I choose A, that does not nessesarily mean I don't want B or C, I might just not want them as my first choice. Totally different than if asked "Which one would you not choose at all".
Thought they had Bibi once, until the Klintoon send Carvile and friends to have him removed from office.
I saw Bibi as a guest on Hal Lindsey's program a few weeks ago. He came right out and said what everyone else seems afraid to say, to wit, that if the US doesn't take out Ahinaminadabbadoo's nuke development facilities soon the Israelis will have to do it themselves. I believe that if Bibi becomes Israel's PM again Iran's Hitler-wannabe president will rue the day he threatened to nuke Israel.
Netanyahu was voted out. Read his lips, no land for peace. Oops!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2393677.stm
“...as prime minister, Mr Netanyahu, who had said he would never compromise on the issue of land for peace, did just that under US pressure. This alienated his supporters on the right. At the same time, he did not bend sufficiently to keep the support of those in Israel who favoured a land-for-peace deal with the Arabs. His critics said a more seasoned politician could have avoided many of the difficulties in the first place. Mr Netanyahu survived rather than prospered, and lost office in May 1999 after he called elections 17 months early.”
Well .. I heard a prophecy in 1985 regarding Isaiah 17:1, and I have believed from that day until now that it would take a leader like Bibi to commit such a courageous act.
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