For those of you scratching your heads, you should know that in Israel people do not vote for candidates, they vote for a list of candidates. The most votes a list has, the more people from that list will take a seat in the Knesset (their parliament). Nobody will usually have a majority of the seats, so that party must form an alliance with other parties, in order to form a government. The leader of the party with the most seats will generally be the PM.
The leader of the Kadima is the weak Livni, while the leader of Likud is the madman Netanyahu, who is mostly like a smart version of George W. Bush, which is doubly scary.
Either way, the peace process is likely screwed, at least unless the Israelis realize that their future is dependent upon cooperation with both the US and their neighbors.
Livni is very weak, and was unable to muster any support in the fall. However, she does favor the peace process. Netanyahu on the other hand, is a loose cannon who will likely lead Israel further down the wrong path into a war on all fronts, which will benefit the terrorists more than anyone else.
Time will tell what happens. One of the two mentioned above will be the PM. The US reaction to either one should be:
1. Congratulations.
2. Here's what we need you to do. Now.
1 comment:
I'll agree that Livni is weak but did a great job in teaching Hamas a lesson. The one thing I don't like is she should have finished the job in taking out Hamas. Netanyahu, on the other hand, is not a madman and not a Bush. He just doesn't take shit from the Arabs and that's a good thing. He keeps Israel's borders safe and gives the Arabs a scare.
About the peace process, it will be hard to keep peace because a few weeks ago, Hamas launched a couple of rockets at Israel and almost screwing up the peace process. So, in regards to Israel's cooperation with the US and it's neighbors, the US should stay out of Israel's policies and the neighbors should cooperate with Israel. Israel's always cooperated and is its neighbors who always gave them shit. I still want a close connection between Israel and the US but I don't want the US telling Israel what to do.
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