Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Sunday to accept an offer from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to become his foreign minister, on the condition that Sharon calls for early elections. "I said to the prime minister that I would agree to serve as foreign minister in a goverment that would go to early elections," Netanyahu said. "If we don't go to early elections, this government would barely survive. It would not be able to implement the economic reforms that I believe are necessary. I hope the prime minister will accept this; he said he'd consider this. And I think if he does, then Israel will benefit and the citizens of Israel will benefit."
I don't know if this will lessen or exacerbate the rivalry between the two men. Replacing Peres can only be a good thing, seems to me... |