Oy Givalt, Bibi's Back :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Robert (United States), Nov 5, 2022 at 14:26

Here is an extremely revealing article from American left of center New York serial:

"The Aftermath of Israel's Gevalt Election"
"Benjamin Netanyahu's orchestration of a union between two ultranationalist groups will likely return him to power and may allow him to escape prosecution." By Ruth Margalit | November 4, 2022
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-aftermath-of-israels-gevalt-election

I wish to remind your readers of 2 things: (1) That a Republic is not a Democracy - between the People and the State are its Representatives in a Senate, Parliament, or Knesset, and (2) That there is a significant difference between a Presidential (Executive) and Parliamentary (Legislative) system; the former is well exemplified by the USA while the latter by the UK & Israel.

Now as for the topic of this article, basically advocating for an Israeli Victory. You, Dr. Daniel Pipes, in an earlier post, as I recall, recommended that Bibi take his back seat and retire as PM; but he's back. So what say you now?

The New Yorker, which posted the article I cite above, apparently is typical of the anti-Right views of Left of Center dislike of Bibi's new 2 (Extreme) Right Wing side kicks. But it seems to me that the Israeli electorate, whatever its faults, has made it choice in a "democratic" fashion. And it seems to me that these two Israeli characters are exactly what Israel needs to pull of your views that Israel achieve a Victory over the Palestinians. Oy Gevalt? No. What we Jews need of more of is Chutzpah!

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Daniel Pipes replies:

Why I am unhappy about the new Israeli government:

Netanyahu's increasingly repulsive character and behavior, especially the way he betrayed so many of his associates and allies
His three major court cases
His bringing extremists into the mainstream at the expense of moderates such as Lieberman and Saar
His bringing the Haredi parties back into government
His rejection of Ra'am, the moderating Israeli Muslim political party
His ineffectiveness vis-à-vis the Palestinian Authority and Hamas
His failure to deal with the Iranian threat
His likely troubled relations with the Biden administration and American Jewry