[PiersGaveston]

Yeah we need some Israeli neo-cons, after all the Palestinians will happily role onto their back and let the occupying forces tickle their stomachs if democracy is on the agenda.

Well I suppose it would be an improvement on the current policy of indiscriminate slaughter.

[SJackson]

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[Mamzelle]

I suppose they could use a few neocons to do the intellectual work. They could also use some conservatives willing to pick up a gun and fight.

[Paul_Denton]

Israel's passivity in the face of Palestinian corruption, authoritarianism and hate indicates that what Israel needs most desperately is for a movement of Israeli neoconservatives to arise and "take control" of Israel's foreign policy.

I agree. If it were me I would have had Arafat assasinated by a bullet to his head and would have occupied "palestine" as long as was necessary until Hamas and other terrorists were gone.

[Alouette]

Caroline Glick has nailed it.

Unfortunately, the authoritarian Israeli socialists will hand their own country over to the Palestinians to be destroyed rather than yield any scrap of power to "upstart" neocons.

No religious Jew or conservative challenger like Nathan Sharansky (or for that matter not even a rabid attack dog like Tommy Lapid) can expect to break the choke-hold that the old boy socialist kibbutz clique has on the government.

Is there any other explanation for the phenomenon that no matter which party gets elected, the Israelis are always stuck with Shimon Peres?

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[yonif]

"All I meant," Abbas explained, "is that we are in a phase that does not necessitate arms because we want to negotiate."

There we go. Will the media report that now? Or will they stick with the headline from a few days ago saying that Abu Mazen renounced terrorism?

[rmlew]

The problem is not Democracy for the Palestinians. The problem is their demos and any thought that they can have a republic of any kind.
The Palestinians do not want to live in peace in a state along side Israel. They want to live in a state that replaces Israel.
Starry-eyed Wilsonians are part of the problem. Give me a blood and steel conservative.

[Dark Wing]

This is an Israeli politics neep.