Dan Ben Simon, a senior political columnist for Israel’s Haaretz, has written an extremely upbeat assessment of Amir Peretz’s chances of winning the upcoming Knesset election. It is featured at the Israel Policy Forum website. Ben Simon isn’t just talking about Peretz improving Labor’s showing in the next Knesset, he’s saying he thinks [...]
Read full post...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 [...]
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 [...]
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