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| Israel Teetered On the Cusp Of Security Suicide |
| 2015-03-18 |
| [IsraelNationalNews] Economic issues had been identified as the top issue in the Israeli elections held on 17 March - with security issues trailing far behind. The polls were confidently predicting a four seat difference in favour of the Zionist Camp over the current Likud-led Government and the possibility of a new Zionist Camp Government being formed. But, how Zionist is the "Zionist Camp"? "In Israel's proportional representation system, in which parties are awarded seats in parliament based on the proportion of the vote that they receive, the ranking of the candidates on the slate becomes all-important as seats are filled from the top of the list. Top spots on the Labor list went to MKs with a social-justice and economic agenda, including former journalist Shelly Yacimovich, and Stav Shaffir and Itzik Shmuli, who were both prominent in the 2011 social justice protest movement. Yacimovich finished first in the party vote, which will place her in the third spot on the slate, behind Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni, the leader of Hatnuah, which is running on a joint ticket with Labor. Shaffir finished just behind Yacimovich, granting her the fourth slot... Two of these top four Zionist Camp candidates have expressed viewpoints that are distinctly anti-Zionist. The Patrician Prime Minister--in-waiting - Isaac Herzog -- aka Obama's bum boy according to respected analyst Sarah Honig -- has voiced opposition to the term "Jewish State": "The Jewish state expression is entirely mistaken," he says recurrently (and we have a recording to prove it: "because it creates the impression of a nationality that enjoys excessive privileges." ...Stav Shaffir, for example, refused to share a podium with the Likud's Yoav Kish because he is a reserve fighter pilot. She also thinks that "Hatikva is a racist national anthem." ...With 14% of the voters still undecided before election day - they could and did re-elect Netanyahu again - figuring out that improvements in economic and social justice conditions aren't worth a shekel if you are not alive to enjoy their undeniable benefits. Of course, there aren't actually benefits---the left's program is the same "bread & circuses" which bankrupted EU and the USA |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 The Israeli people understand the threats very well. Obumble is not liked by the Israelis. He's tried to screw them at every turn. Seems there is a growing unity between the Israel and American people. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-03-18 10:17 |