That would be most welcome news. Though I prefered Sharon.
Go Bibi!!
I fear that Netanyahu, for all his good beliefs, just doesn’t have it as far as either political acumen, tactical or strategic thinking. Sharon just ran circles around him, inflicting hard punches without Netanyahu able to lay a glove on him.
He would have been a good supporter, had his inclinations run in that direction, but he has ambition to be in charge, and he just doesn’t have it.
That being said, Israel needs someone who is pretty ruthless, uncompromising, and efficient to get their house in order, and in a hurry. Most likely a military man, because few civilians have what it takes.
Arch-hawk? Whoo boy. The left must be running low on extremist terminology these days.
Better Bibi than Olmerde ping!
With Netanyahu at the helm, Likud that had dominated Israeli politics since its first election victory in 1977 managed to scrape together only 12 seats in the 120-member parliament... Today Netanyahu is the public's first choice to be Israel's next prime minister -- 36 percent favoured him in a recent opinion poll, compared with eight percent for Olmert and 22 percent for former premier Ehud Barak.Careful what you wish for.
We can only hope.
i like netanyahu.
certainly the outcome of the last israeli foray into
lebanon would have had different results.
Netanyahu talks a good game, but was a great disappointment the last time. Better than Olmert, probably- but that’s not saying much.
Thanks for the post, RDTF!
Any Israeli watching Olmert's performance over the last two years should be ready to welcome Bibi back with open arms!
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Bibi should stay with the Finance Ministry where he excelled.
Moshe Feiglin or Avigdor Lieberman are right of Bibi.
http://www.jewishisrael.org/views/sackett/66/sackett_6603.htm
Who Asked Bibi to Run?
by: Shmuel Sackett
International Director, Manhigut Yehudit
Cheshvan 5766 (Nov, 05)
...I would like to know one thing; Who asked Bibi to run?
It certainly wasn’t the brave Jews of Hebron whose lives have been made extremely difficult ever since Prime Minister Netanyahu gave away 90% of their city to the enemy.
It wasn’t Jonathan Pollard who Bibi turned his back on and is now entering his 21st year of incarceration.
It wasn’t Shalhevet Pass who was brutally murdered after Bibi handed the Abu Snenah hilltops to the “Palestinians” who then returned the favor by shooting at little babies.
It wasn’t the Jews of Yitzhar who saw several families violently thrown out of their homes by Bibi and his defense minister, Yitzchak Mordechai. These homes were then smashed into thousands of pieces; a precedent for doing the same in Gush Katif.
It wasn’t the staff of Arutz-7 who supported Bibi only to be slapped in the face by his lack of appreciation and desire to impress the leftist media. As Prime Minister, Bibi did not appear EVEN ONE TIME on Arutz-7 and then poured salt on their wounds by beginning the process to declare Arutz-7 illegal, arrest and indict their leaders and ultimately shut them down.
If it wasn’t any of these, then who was it?
Maybe it was the thousands of Arab prisoners that Bibi let out of jail free. Over 40% of these animals have returned to their life of crime and have been involved in terrorist activities against the Jewish state.
Maybe it was the Labor Party who easily defeated the Netanyahu-led Likud party in 1999. Ehud Barak, the only man in history who would probably lose to Shimon Peres, led his party to victory over Bibi who in less than three years managed to frustrate the entire nation.
Maybe it was Israel’s Attorney General who investigated Bibi for fraud. Those were high level investigations which gave the Attorney General a lot of media coverage and made him quite famous around the world.
Maybe it was Abu Mazen who saw Bibi give Arafat enormous amounts of weapons and make huge concessions. On October 9, 2000 Time Magazine wrote an article saying that while Bibi was tough with Arafat, “at least deals were done”. Abu Mazen is dying for some of those deals.
In short, nobody I know and respect has asked Bibi to run. He was a total failure as Prime Minister. The entire Right-Wing and Religious camp voted for him in 1996 and were all let down. People, such as myself and Moshe Feiglin, went to jail fighting against the Rabin-Peres government, only to receive Bibi who did the exact same thing!
Make no mistake about it… Bibi Netanyahu has not done “teshuva”. He is the same self centered person he always was. He lacks basic Jewish values, has sworn his allegiance to the Road Map and will puff away on his fancy Cuban cigars while Jewish life is in danger...
Bibi will make a stunning comeback, my prediction.