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A horrible thought
Reader comment on item: Netanyahu as Prime Minister - Déjà Vu?

Submitted by Seamus MacNemi (United States), Mar 11, 2009 at 01:50

As I said in my E-Mail, It is disappointing to think of Bibi as a sell out, but from what you have told us here it seems the same old business as usual in the Knesset. But given the often not so covert antagonisms between the religious and the secular factions in the government it is not entirely surprising. Most of the settlements in gaza and the west bank were religious settlements like Gush Emonim and from the beginning they were a bone of contension for the secularists who thought that they were a source and a cause of trouble. Many wanted them closed on principle regardless of the sentiments of the religious community.

It is a mistake to think of Bibi as a single handed mastermind in Israeli politics. He is not capable of being any such thing. He can only accomplish what others are willing to agree with. If there is no agreement there is no action.


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Pipes is right [13 words]JamesMar 29, 2009 22:22
Daniel Pipes IS right! [28 words]Antonetta MooreApr 12, 2009 02:58
no title [6 words]anonymousMar 20, 2009 06:49
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[w/response] [13 words]
Kyle N.Mar 17, 2009 14:18
AIPAC will run out of steam in the next 8 years. [77 words]mannyMar 14, 2009 16:44
Deja vue? Unlikely [165 words]yuval Brandstetter MDMar 13, 2009 02:52
Optimism for Israel [63 words]Sandy BrownMar 12, 2009 21:53
Wrong! [86 words]Barbara Grantham-MartinezMar 12, 2009 20:55
Deja Vu for BIBI? [155 words]MauriceMar 12, 2009 06:14
BIBI [281 words]Tess McNamara Australian and Pro Israeli supporterMar 12, 2009 04:21
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu- Deja Vu, or more of the Same! [49 words]Anne- USAMar 11, 2009 11:02
So we must make a choice [38 words]Seamus MacNemiMar 11, 2009 21:38
Likudnik [78 words]DavidMar 11, 2009 10:52
Winds of change? [149 words]Rebecca MouldsMar 11, 2009 09:48
Netanyahu as the Israel PM [224 words]IsaacMar 11, 2009 09:35
FREEMAN [29 words]MannyMar 11, 2009 09:19
Congratulations on the role of the MEF in this affair ! [29 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreMar 12, 2009 01:04
AIPAC will run out of steam in the next 8 years [49 words]Ibn MasudMar 14, 2009 00:32
⇒ A horrible thought [159 words]Seamus MacNemiMar 11, 2009 01:50
Netanyahu's promises. [72 words]David SternlightMar 10, 2009 21:54
Netanyahu's promises [156 words]IsaacMar 12, 2009 10:29
Dejuvu/ BiBi Netanyahu [158 words]vigilantMar 10, 2009 21:17
A wiser Bibi? [83 words]Larry B.Mar 11, 2009 18:14
I'd give anything [41 words]ArlindaMar 10, 2009 19:17

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