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 Israel’s Olmert to Hang It UpPosted on Jul 30, 2008Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, beset by accusations of corruption and bribery, announced Wednesday that he will resign after an internal Kadima Party election to choose a new leader on Sept. 17. Due to the fragmented character of Israeli’s parliament, the winner of this new election will not immediately be appointed prime minister, however, and a new coalition government will have to be formed.
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By Sepharad, July 31, 2008 at 10:57 pm #
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Fadal Abdallah: If I prayed (which I don’t), I would pray for the same fate of whatever country you care about—if any—as you seek for Israel. People like you provide ammunition to that religious/ultra-national minority of Israelis who try to persuade the rest of us that there is no possible way to coexist in the same world as you. I have Palestinian-born friends, ranging from academics to corner grocers in San Francisco, who no longer live in the Arab world—not because of the Israelis but because of the crazy hate generated by the religious fanatics. Ib’n Rush’d knew what he was talking about when, fleeing Cordoba as the fanatic Almoravids were burning the books in the city’s libraries, he turned for a last look and said “There is no tyranny like the tyranny of priests.”
You probably take some comfort from the anti-Israel nutters on various truth-dig threads, but don’t take too much: not all Americans, Israelis, Moslems, and Arabs are as enamored of your death-worshipping religious fanatics as some of these commenters are.
Report thisIf you want to live in stoneage supersticion go ahead, but don’t expect the sane people of the world to join you.
By Louise, July 31, 2008 at 1:28 pm #
Moving through deja vu, I ask myself, now what year is it? And why is this story news anyway? I mean the concept of Israel and “peace talks” is like Christmas. Comes around every year whether you’re ready or not. One day with lots of promise, then it’s gone again ... until the next time.
The Israelis shake up and re-organize themselves with precision regularity, but aside from an occasional name, nothing changes.
Oh now I remember, this is the last year of the Bush. And the Bush wants peace in Israel for his legacy. [There’s a real rib tickler, eh?
] And that’s as likely to happen as Santa moving to the ranch in Crawford. But if it can be somehow proven Bush’s failure was because of a political shakeup in Israel, rather than just Bush’s failure, reality can be altered and carved into the shifting sands of time.
Oh my. Sometimes trying to follow the convoluted trail of ditto-heads and double-speak can be quite dizzying. But we do have mainstreammedia to keep us all sharply focused. Right? Wrong.
But thanks [and all due respect] to REUTERS, we can stay well informed.
When was the last time mainstreammedia informed the nation about the other side of that “peace process?”
Oh well we don’t want to go there do we? I mean who wants to read about the kid shot by Israeli troops in Palestine Tuesday? And not to be topped, the Israeli troops that shot the folks at the kids funeral on Wednesday. I mean who wants to hear about that? Certainly not anyone calling for Olmert to leave. Certainly not the Bush. Certainly not mainstreammedia.
But REUTERS?
REUTERS is international. They care! How about that?
http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/funeral-for-palestinian-child-turns-into-shooting-spree/
Bulldozers and bullets and blood. Way to go Israel!
“Israel says the barrier it is building, much of it on West Bank land, is needed to prevent suicide bombings.”
And almost certainly will guarantee the continued death “by suicided” of the young Palestinians who dare to throw rocks at the “Democratic,” brave and heavily armed Israeli troops. Using US supplied bulldozers to wall them in, by the way.
Maybe the real reason Olmert is leaving is because he’s as sick of lies and duplicity as the rest of the civilized [absent the US] world. Naw ... he’s leaving to give the appropriate excuse for the failure of peace talks which nobody really wanted anyway.
But REUTERS is covering the Palestinian side of the Israeli “peace process” because they can identify. Being unjustly targeted and punished beyond legal limits hurts. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL964696820080731
Report thisBy samosamo, July 31, 2008 at 11:52 am #
By cyrena, July 30 at 8:40 pm #
Found this about the new home for the soon to be unemployed, we hope, bushs.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/149609
Report thisBy Fadel Abdallah, July 31, 2008 at 11:51 am #
By samosamo, July 30 at 9:49 pm #
cyrena,
Found it if youre interested,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25815469/
Report this======================================
In reference to the link posted above by samosamo, I think the Drunkard-in-Chief knows best about the drunkenness of Wall Street! So this is the one and the only truth he uttered through all the lies of the 7 1/2 years of his disastrous presence!
By Fadel Abdallah, July 31, 2008 at 11:44 am #
A Prayer!
May this artificial entity, called Israel, continue to have shaky and unstable governments, as the foundation it was founded on, till it’s there no more!
Report thisBy Marc Schlee, July 31, 2008 at 6:20 am #
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I no longer care what happens to Israel.
Report thisBy Sepharad, July 31, 2008 at 1:57 am #
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Cyrena is right in suggesting that it’s not necessarily a bad thing if Olmert’s resignation throws Israeli politics into turmoil—assuming the right coalition emerges with the right leader. My hope is that it’s Tzipi Livni with Ehud Barak in a strong position, and that Kadima will not have to put up with too much Likud/Shas (i.e., ultra-religious)power-sharing. I also hope Israelis will reject any significant participation in government by the impulsive, explosive, uber-religious Binyamin Netanyehu. He could single-handedly destroy this tiny, precious moment of opportunity as Syria and Israel may actually begin to talk to each other, not to mention any movement on peace negotiations with the non-Hamas Palestinians.
Livni has a Mossad background, which will set off some knee-jerks among some of the less-knowledgeable liberals, but in fact people with careers in intelligence are pragmatic, more flexible in their ability to see and evaluate others’ perspectives, are better able to control over-emotional reactions to provocations without sacrificing their country’s security. A Livni-influenced government would be more successful in planning ways to counter threats from Hezbollah & Hamas, and more facile putting together the delicate pieces with Palestinian partners for a second-state solution.
Go Tzipi!
Report thisBy samosamo, July 31, 2008 at 1:49 am #
cyrena,
Found it if you’re interested,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25815469/
Report thisBy samosamo, July 31, 2008 at 1:33 am #
By cyrena, July 30 at 8:40 pm #
You’re right, and I only mused that just before I submitted the comment meaning like he would cut and run about w thinks he’ll just cut and run on January 20, 2009, if he allows a transfer of power.
Report thisJust an aside, I don’t know if you followed a link I put on one of these posts about Laura house shopping in Dallas or somewhere because she didn’t like living in ‘rural’ crawford anymore but I wondered if you have seen or heard anymore on this? It’s a trifle but I find it most curious as to whether she wants society now or close friends to get away from a miserable wreck of a husband or what. As I said just curious.
By cyrena, July 31, 2008 at 12:40 am #
I dunno samosamo…I think there’s a whole lot more to it than we may even know, at least for now.
I mean, already, the pudits have formed their own conclusions on what this all means, and how it’s going to affect ‘things in general’ but specifically the so-called peace process. And, while that may certainly be true, we don’t necessarily know HOW that will work out.
“IF” in fact this does ‘throw the Israeli political system into a turmoil” as many are suggesting, that doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing. Then again, it could be disastrous. Just depends on one’s perspective, and how the rest of the world will react, and or possibly take advantage, or lose an opportunity.
It’s all about perspective, as well as everything *ELSE* going on. I’ve come to realize that Americans are like the Israelis in projecting themselves to be the only existing powers in the Universe. Everything is ‘all about them, all of the time’, or ‘all about US, ALL of the time.” Now that isn’t really true of course, but when we’re fed that for so long, it becomes a way of thinking, as if it’s somehow the rule of god or something.
After so long, these ‘entities’ project a power that they don’t really have. And at some point, (sometimes sooner, sometimes later) all of these type ‘entities’ eventually self-destruct.
So, we’ll see, as we keep an eye on the bigger picture, as it continues to unfold.
Report thisBy samosamo, July 30, 2008 at 11:03 pm #
No, let’s hang up you oleo at the nearest lamp post.
Report thisDoes seem curious with the elections coming up that ole oleo wants out now. Maybe less to it than I try to give it.
By dihey, July 30, 2008 at 5:52 pm #
Mr. Olmert will become known in history as the Israeli PM who wiped his behind with the “Road Map for Peace”.
Report thisSelling trinkets and doing politics is almost the same in the Middle East. The foreign buyer believes that he got a great deal but in reality all he got was “ane fige” (Yiddish for a fig; in this context a coprolite).
After he has left the Bazaar and is at a sufficiently great distance the Bazaar breaks out in merry laughter.
Why are Iraq and Afghanistan different? Because we entered those Bazaars with guns blazing to intimidate the traders to do our bidding. There is no laughter in these Bazaars, only tears, despair, and anger.