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2007-03-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Peres: Olmert 'one of the best prime ministers' in history

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Posted by Fred 2007-03-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Someone keep Peres away from the Magen David. Olmert's government is a disaster.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-03-18 00:30|| 2007-03-18 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Some supporting details would have been nice.

Is he rebuilding and reforming the Israeli military in a clever, meaningful way right now? Or is he just plodding down the obvious path of "need UAVs, need guns, need soldiers, need something to mitigate missile attacks" while ignoring the need to grow a pair?

Posted by gorb 2007-03-18 00:51|| 2007-03-18 00:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Peres: Olmert 'one of the best prime ministers' in history

hello Peres is anyone home? comparable to this group of distinguished Israelis?

1) David Ben-Gurion The First Prime Minister

2) Moshe Sharett The Second Prime Minister

3) Levi Eshkol - The Third Prime Minister

4) Golda Meir - The Fourth Prime Minister

5) Yitzhak Rabin - The fifth Prime minister

6) Menachem Begin - The Sixth Prime Minister

7) Yitzhak Shamir - The seventh Prime Minister

8) Shimon Peres - The Eighth Prime Minister

9) Benjamin Netanyahu - The ninth Prime

10) Ehud Barak - The tenth Prime Minister

11) Ariel Sharon - The Eleventh Prime Minister

12) ~~Bevis and Butt Head~~ Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

no offence meant to Israel only to Olmert, Recognizing though it's one hell of a challenge to be Prime Minister of Israel, Ima certain that I couldn't do it period *stop*. Day to Day I would turn it over to Team RB, but I sure would have found the right men and women from within the IDF/Shin Bet etc. [K.I.S.S.] to make Hezbollah and Syria Pay Pay Pay and Pay some more for last summers attack on Israel.

Posted by RD 2007-03-18 03:30|| 2007-03-18 03:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Hopefully a RB Israeli can help out here.

plz permit a bit of ramble..
Growing up we [kids] were aware of the name Ben-Gurion, and that he was an Icon, practically a mythic figure, a "spirit" on Mount Olympus even before he died. One of the founders and first Prime Minister.

But practically I never follow Israeli politics or policies until about the late 60s. from memory then [fallible for certain], Golda Meir stands out, an impression from memory [not study] as a good model for a leadership for any country.

I thought Yitzhak Rabin was as very good too.. even though he was a liberal, I could relate to him he had the right stuff as a man and was true to himself, good character.

Begin = tough, Yitzhak Shamir even tougher, Israel could use them both now.

Peres better than Olmert anyway...Oy..

Benjamin Netanyahu wouldn't have quit pounding Hezbollah when Olmert did, he would have hammered them into a nubin. Why the Israelis don't elect him again is a mystery to me. I often wonder why there are so many Peaceniks in Israel?? not unlike the the USA too...Oy..
next..

Posted by RD 2007-03-18 04:38|| 2007-03-18 04:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Better than Rabin who was your sock puppet?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-03-18 16:25|| 2007-03-18 16:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Peres: Olmert 'one of the best prime ministers' in history

Based on RD's list he's in the top twelve.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-03-18 18:29|| 2007-03-18 18:29|| Front Page Top

#7 I like Ike

Posted by Slaimble Fillmore7444 2007-03-18 20:38|| 2007-03-18 20:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Better than Rabin who was your sock puppet?

awww you can be grom.

Posted by RD 2007-03-18 20:41|| 2007-03-18 20:41|| Front Page Top

#9 previous I thought Yitzhak Rabin was as very good too.. even though he was a liberal, I could relate to him he had the right stuff as a man and was true to himself, good character.

hard, maybe impossible to judge someone thru the media but I was always was struck by Rabin's persona/character as an individual, I could be wrong of course. I'm afraid I don't know very much about his leadership or his record as the head of state.

that's why I was asking the more knowledgeable among us.

course I do know that Yigal Amir killed Rabin on Nov. 4, 1995 to prevent the handover of land to the Palestinians. And that he has shown no remorse since. Do you know him Grom?

Posted by RD 2007-03-18 20:56|| 2007-03-18 20:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Based on RD's list he's in the top twelve.

xbalanke, the list is supposed to be every Prime Minister that Israel has ever had, and in chronological order. ;-)

Shimon Peres and Ehud Olmert are not my favs.

Posted by RD 2007-03-18 21:05|| 2007-03-18 21:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Not personally, RD.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-03-18 21:58|| 2007-03-18 21:58|| Front Page Top

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