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Peres telling the world he’s with Arik. Is this man looking like a walking political cadaver? (credit: AP)
Peres: I’m Outa Here
As usual over the past month, yesterday had tons of fast-paced developments on the Israeli political scene. Peres made public the worst kept secret of Israeli politics–that he’s done with Labor and [...]

Posing with FC Barcelona soccer shirt before game against Israeli team: traitor to his Party, traitor to his team? (credit: AP)
Shimon Peres has done just about everything he can to telegraph he’s leaving the Israeli Labor Party for Ariel Sharon’s new Kadima except making the actual announcement. First, there were the hours of [...]

The Big Man has done it. He’s quit the Likud. It just won’t be the same without him. Now the Party can become the right-fringe, loony tunes outfit it always had the potential to be. But what can we expect from Sharon? Will he run to the center? Or [...]

Seems like Israelis are peering at tea leaves almost as intently regarding Ariel Sharon’s future as Washington, DC is regarding the identity of Bob Woodward’s Plamegate source. Just as everyone here has a theory about who Deep Throat II is, everyone in Israel knows what Sharon will do. He’ll bolt Likud and form [...]

Ariel Sharon and Amir Peretz have finally met and agreed to new elections in late February or early March. Ynet says that Sharon supports a Feburary 28th date, but none has been set yet.
Peretz on a high wire? (credit: Rita Castelnuovo/NY Times)
Both men are performing side-by-side high-wire acts. There may be nets [...]