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2019-12-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

[Arutz-7] - Deputy Defense Minister Avi Dichter on Tuesday posted a response to a Facebook post by MK Yair Lapid following Dichter’s decision to support Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the primaries for the Likud leadership.

In his post, Dichter criticized Blue and White leader Benny Gantz for aspiring to serve as Prime Minister despite having no previous political experience as an MK or a government minister.

"There is no precedent in Israeli politics, where a candidate is running for Prime Minister who has been neither a minister nor a Knesset member," he wrote.

"Lapid knows full well that it is arrogant to aspire to lead a country like Israel, without having sat in the government for one day. Without any experience, Gantz is being pushed by Lapid and others to this position of Prime Minister and has no parliamentary or governmental knowledge and experience," Dichter added.

"As a concerned citizen and MK and Deputy Defense Minister, I choose to support the best candidate among the contestants," he clarified.

Dichter dismissed the claims that the indictments against Netanyahu prevent him from serving as Prime Minister, writing, "The indictments against Netanyahu will be examined in court in due course. Until it makes its decision, Netanyahu may run and serve as Israel’s Prime Minister. The way in which Lapid cites the indictment is intended to hide his position and opinions on the national issues which are not even compatible with Gantz’s. That is legitimate, but we must disclose the facts as well as the truth. Even his father, Tommy Lapid of blessed memory, who was not moderate in his criticism of Prime Ministers, said clear things about a Prime Minister who had been indicted."
What Tommy said, decades ago, was "Do you you want [un-elected bureaucrats] of Prosecutor office to decide who Israeli PM will be?"
"The truth is that under the rule of Netanyahu, the man and the experience, the State of Israel has taken huge steps forward in almost every category that can be measured," he stated.

"But it looks like the heights that Netanyahu brought us to in the past two years are unprecedented," added Dichter. "The US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, moving the embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, and stating that the settlements in Judea and Samaria are legal ‐ wow, what a two-year period. Along with the US's possible recognition of the Jordan Valley as Israel's eastern border we will complete a reality that until two years ago sounded like a dream ... Mr. Lapid, these are the fruits of experience."

"That's why I decided to support Netanyahu and called not to support Gantz. I don't want someone to do his political internship on the back of the state. Did you understand that Lapid?" concluded Dichter.
The reason I put this here is because I see a lot of confusion in 'Burg about that goes in in Israel.
(a) Blue & White is not a party - the various components have nothing in common except hatred of Bibi/ambition. If elected they'll start knifing each other within a week.
(b) The so called indictment is a joke. Bibi is accused of giving a newspaper owner a 1.8 billion NIS Gov contract for positive press. To prove it in court you've to:
(i) Show positive press - I don't remember any.
(ii) Show a chain of orders passed from the newspaper owner to the writer.
(iii) If the court accepts that a positive newspaper coverage can be a bribe, then negative coverage is intimidation - any politician will be able to sue any newspaper.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-18 03:57|| || Front Page|| [22 views ] Top

#1 OK, I posted it a minute ago, how the hell can it have 188 views?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-18 04:26|| 2019-12-18 04:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Any folks that I talk to then, who are pro-gantz are potentially your anti-nationals ? Forgive me if I see only binaries when it's about loyalty. I saw them as just snooty 'elevated thinkers', humanists jaded from soldiering, even some 'erb types. Maybe they're just selfish ambitious snobs. Careerists are everywhere but a uniform should put nation first. I know Netanyahu is the best leader you can have for Israel's development and security, but I used to think the others are honest at least. I often wondered why Bibi is targeted by his own.

OK, I posted it a minute ago, how the hell can it have 188 views?

Maybe multiple guys in the collections dept. pounced on it the same time ? ☺

Posted by Dron66046 2019-12-18 05:49|| 2019-12-18 05:49|| Front Page Top

#3 226 now

Posted by Frank G 2019-12-18 06:36|| 2019-12-18 06:36|| Front Page Top

#4 OK, I posted it a minute ago, how the hell can it have 188 views?

Interesting. Maybe bots and spiders?

If I was in the analysis business, I'd definitely have some automation crawling a few pre-defined sites looking for items of interest based on keywords. You know, like what tw does for us.

Or maybe Fred is just bad at arithmetic. /me ducks

Posted by SteveS 2019-12-18 13:50|| 2019-12-18 13:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Spiders is everwherez. Adtech is infested widd'em

Posted by Lex 2019-12-18 14:01|| 2019-12-18 14:01|| Front Page Top

#6 like what tw does for us.

*blush* It’s because I have such a porous memory, and forget so many details. Then having found out, it seems only fair to share with you lot — because either you’ve also forgotten, or you’ll remember and say something the next time.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-12-18 22:30|| 2019-12-18 22:30|| Front Page Top

#7 g(r)omgoru, thank you for posting the article and explanation. Politics of any sort is not my strong suite, though I’m willing to have opinions anyway.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-12-18 22:40|| 2019-12-18 22:40|| Front Page Top

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