All Israeli Parties Determined To Do One Thing!
Regardless of Who Leads Them!
September 25, 2005
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
To predict what will happen in Knesset power struggles, or which party will be
in office, or who will head it, is like guessing how many jelly beans there are in a 10 gallon transparent glass container. I stick to the goals parties and their leaders
have in common. Regardless of how the current struggle turns out between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Binyamin Netanyahu, or when elections are held, or which party ends up in power, THE SECURITY BARRIER WILL BE COMPLETED, AND THE PALESTINIANS, WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED TERROR GROUPS AND ELEMENTS, WILL END UP ENCLOSED BY IT.
The only question is who would be the most, or last, forceful in retaliating against them for any acts of terror, before and after the security barrier is completed.
I would rate Netanyahu as Attila the Hun, Sharon as the Emperor Napoleon, and Shimon Peres as Mother Goose.
I like all three of them, but would prefer to see Netanyahu or Sharon as Israeli Prime Minister.
The first half of an extract from an article by Tovah Lazaroff and the JPost Staff follows – it gives a good account of the current battle within the Likud party between Netanyahu and Sharon.
BEGIN JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE
Netanyahu Pushes Impeachment of PM
By Tovah Lazaroff and JPost Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST
September 23, 2005
As the Likud prepares for the big confrontation Monday evening between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and party leader hopeful Binyamin Netanyahu, MKs both in and out of the Likud have been determining their allegiance. Israel Radio reported that Netanyahu has been meeting with Knesset members in an attempt to get together a blocking body of 61 representatives to impeach the prime minister in the event that Sharon decides to leave the Likud or dissolve the Knesset.
Netanyahu met both Likud and non-Likud parliamentarians over the last few days for the purpose of gathering the required majority. Among these were Shinui’s Eliezer S andberg
and former Shinui member Yosef Paritzki.
Paritzki described the meeting: ‘What we discussed is that if a no-confidence vote will be held, would I vote in favor or against it? I stated explicitly that I would vote no-confidence for the purpose of bringing down the government headed by Ariel Sharon. Within the family we try to help each other, just like any good family.’
Sources close to Netanyahu responded that bringing down the government was not discussed in the meetings, but rather, only the course of action to be taken should Sharon attempt to dissolve the Knesset.
According to Israel Radio, Sandberg asserted that his “meeting with Netanyahu was incidental, and that Shinui prefers bringing down the government over replacing prime ministers within the Likud.”
While formally, the issue at stake is whether the Likud primaries should be held in April as planned, or rescheduled for November, but within the party, and in the entire political realm, the debate is seen as a battle between Sharon and Netanyahu.
This view was confirmed by Likud MK Michael Eitan, who said the only way to see the upcoming vote was as a fight between Sharon and Netanyahu.
In the meantime, Likud members continued to verbally attack the competing leaders.
This morning the prime minister lashed out: ‘Whoever wishes to commit suicide should go with Bibi.’ His son, Omri, continued: ‘The country will become Bibistan.’
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin told the Post that
the Likud would have to make some tough choices in the coming days.
Until Sharon spoke at the UN earlier this month, Rivlin said, it was unclear whether the disengagement was a first or last step for the prime minister. His words showed that he was determined to push forward with concessions.
‘They [Likud members] are very much afraid,’ he said.”
END JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE