Posted on 06/07/2021 4:19:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
But then again, it could turn out very badly. Time will tell.
You only have to fail once
Meanwhile, the IDF is not stopping Egypt from rearming Hamas. Rocket tubes and other needed materials are crossing in big convoys. Soon Hamas will replace the 4000 odd rockets expended and be able to resume attacking Israel.
But then again, it could turn out very badly.
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Especially since to form a government, they had to include the Arab party which is now in the position of kingmaker ...
Hamas was defeated and set on it’s ass.
The Temple Mount is now regulated by Israel. The Palestinian Authority knows that life will be better under Israeli hegemonic peace than Hamas war.
The Arab states have joined Israel in the campaign to save themselves from Iran. The PA will not receive Arab money if it resists the Israeli hegemony. Hamas is thus left dependent on fickle EU assholes and Iran.
Meanwhile, Iran is under actual physical kinetic attack with ships at sea being destroyed, various leaders killed, many very bad fires destroying all sorts of places including major oil refineries and steel mills.
People talk about the cost of rebuilding Gaza overlooking the $$ cost of facilities destroyed in Iran.
The role of the new government is to build on the change Bibi promoted and allow Israel to function in a completely new and better world
They had to include bunches of people, that probably don’t like each other much. They hate Netanyahu more than they love their own country. Kind of like never Trumpers.
Mostly likely meaning Netanyahu sees fundamental, Muhammad-true Islam for what it is and tell it like it is, while Muslim leaders are politically savvy. "The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords." (Psalms 55:21)
As noted by my friend in Israel, “Bennett, Yair Lapid [leader of Yesh Atid, who would serve as the next prime minister for two years after Bennett) and Mansour Abbas [leader of the Islamist party] have spoken in reasonable, even caring speeches, while Netanyahu has blasted and blasted and was at his best with his fear-mongering, anger and hate-filled attacks against Bennett and company.
Yeah, because telling the ugly truth sounds hateful. Bennett saw one path from 10% to 2 yrs of leadership, and that involved allying with an enemy of Israel, probably two.
If the NY Times is asking the question, if the NY Times is printing the “answer” then the results are bad for America.
Bad for Israel.
First alarm went up here and only got worse.
... not only personal ambition driving him and that he does want to see the nation move forward
Normally, this means moving the nation towards the far left.
With the new coalition, no one got everything they wanted. Everyone had to compromise somewhere. Idealism had to yield to pragmatism
Compromising with Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan might have been pragmatic, but it would not have been a good thing as this writer seems to think. Something positive came out of WWII only because we insisted on the unconditional surrender of our enemies.
(And BTW, the writer's hatred of Netanyahu leaked out despite his effort to hide it. And I'd bet money that he absolutely hates Trump.)
FOOL!
Townhall is sliding downhill fast.
Writer sounds as though he has some blinders on.
“First, Netanyahu’s latest attempt at forming a government caused him to lurch further to the right, to the point of embracing some dangerously anti-Arab ideologies. Increasingly, he was not serving as the leader of the whole country.”
I watched Amir Tsarfati’s telegram channel daily during the recent Hamas attacks and there was a lot of Arab Israeli violence, tremendous amount. Some of the Arab Israelis are decent citizens, but plenty are not, and placating them is not the path to peace. I am not a telegram member but anyone can read there and watch most videos. Amir is an Israeli and lives in Israel.
https://t.me/s/beholdisraelchannel
PS - Amir also posts a lot of his religious beliefs, I am do not espouse the same, so just mentioning that... I read him for news.
This article is a joke. Behind Bennett’s talk of “doing what’s best for Israel and preventing a fifth election” is his own desire for power, no different than Netanyahu’s shrewd moves to keep himself in power. Bennett & Sa’ar haven’t been able to defeat Likud at the polls, so this is their last chance.
Recall that there were not have even been four elections if Bennett, Sa’ar, & Liberman hadn’t refused to sit on Netanyahu’s coalitions in the first place. Yes, Bibi was unwise to push them aside and not deliver on his promises to them, and they have reason to be frustrated, but putting your own petty turf wars above the good of the country is not “doing what’s best for Israel.” Bennett could’ve had the all right-wing government he claimed to want, and avoided new elections, had he sat on Bibi’s coalition. The reason why he didn’t was because he wouldn’t have the opportunity for power & position thanks to Bibi’s snubbing. Unfair on Bibi’s part, yes, but it’s not all about Bennett either. In 2018 Bennett threatened to leave the coalition and bring down the government if he weren’t appointed Defense Minister after Liberman resigned. He threatened to force new elections if he didn’t get what he wanted. He backed down in the end, because it was patently obvious that all his grandstanding about how tough he’d be as DM was just a show (because any minister can be overruled by the PM), and pulling out of the government for such petty reasons would look, well, petty. (Which also makes his talk about avoiding elections pretty hollow, given that he was willing to force elections 3 years ago over a cabinet position).
His coalition is so fragile it relies on an Islamist party ideologically aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood to gain the majority. Is such a party in the government really “what’s best for Israel”? He was willing to side with far left Meretz over Netanyahu just because he didn’t get everything he wanted from Netanyahu? Really? It’s not about Israel, it’s about him.
Ultimately, he went from his party having 10% of the vote to the prime minister for 2 years. Tell me it’s not about him.
Not to mention that this government is so ideologically disparate that it’s likely it won’t last more than a few months before it falls apart and forces fifth elections anyway.
Likud has repeatedly won the most seats in the Knesset in the last 4 elections. It’s a strange system in which a government can be formed that doesn’t even include the party who actually won the elections.
The Israeli people did not vote for this. They voted for Likud. But Bennett & Co. will have nothing to do with Likud for personal reasons and have engineered a way to clear the obstacles that block them from power, and conveniently put themselves in power because they can’t win at the polls. And what’s worse, he’s playing into the hands of the left’s & the corrupt legal fraternity’s years-long war on Netanyahu that bogged him down with a sham court case. The “anyone but Bibi” attitude enables the left into power, as Yamina will sit with a leftist government if it means unseating the dreaded Netanyahu. It’s such a blatant power-grab move that I’m amazed people fail to see it and genuinely think Bennett is doing this for the good of the country. If he cared about that as much as he says he does, he’d have joined Netanyahu and enabled the all right-wing government he wanted. The fact that he didn’t makes it clear he just wanted to be at the helm himself.
This government is united by only one thing: hatred of Netanyahu. That’s not how you build constructive leadership. Leading a country is not a “We Hate So-and-So” club. A government that can agree on nothing but despising a certain person cannot last long.
BTW, I DON'T RECALL SENDING YOU A PING!!!
Since when was this post limited to your pings? And Townhall is posting a lot of leftist articles.
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