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Rick Ungar
Politics 1/25/2015 @ 1:41PM
Bibi Netanyahu -- aka 'The Republican Senator From Israel' -- May Have Made A Fatal Political Mistake
Set aside, for the moment, the diplomatic row being sparked by Speaker of the House John Boehner as he seeks to create two conflicting foreign policies for the United Statesone pursued by the President and the other pursued by the Congress.
Boehners hubris, in conjunction with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahus desire to interfere with American policy while seeking to bolster his re-election campaign, may turn out to be the very political screw-up that will allow the joint ticket forged by the Labor-Hatnuah political parties to bring an end to Netanyahus long reign atop the Israeli government.
According to a Channel 10 poll out this past Thursday in Israel, the joint ticket offered by the Labor-Hatnuah coalition currently stands to grab 24 seats in the Israeli Knesset in the coming electionup one seat from the previous pollwhile Netanyahus Likud Party is holding steady with just 20 seats.
The poll also projects that the party leaders atop the Labor-Hatnuah ticket, Issac Herzog and Tzipi Livni, have an increasingly good chance of forming the next Israeli government by assembling a coalition of between 61 and 68 seats in support of their government.
It turns out that there are no shortage of Israeli voters who dont care for the idea of their Prime Minister jumping into the middle of Americas internal disagreements over foreign policy and further understand that, at the end of the day, Israel remains deeply dependent upon the United States for critical assistance in the never-ending battle to preserve and protect their nation.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2015/01/25/bibi-netanyahu-aka-the-republican-senator-from-israel-may-have-made-a-fatal-political-mistake/
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)djean111
(14,255 posts)Easy to make mistakes, when all puffed up with hubris.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,738 posts)calimary
(81,527 posts)What YOU said!
iandhr
(6,852 posts)
when they say Israel is the only real democracy in the middle east they mean it. There are debates and disagreement within Israel and not 100% of the population is a Bibi person?
http://www.mediaite.com/online/push-the-bibi-opponent-releases-video-game-zinging-netanyahu-for-paris-march/
KoKo
(84,711 posts)We shall see...
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Sheldon Adelson, who has spent recent elections treating the Republican party like his personal plaything, also owns a pro-Netenyahu tabloid in Israel. In other words, Adelson is Israel's Rupert Murdoch. So, of course, Netenyahu is going to fly across the Atlantic and insert himself into U.S. affairs in an effort to bolster pro-oil Republicans who want to invade Iran at the behest of U.S. oil oligarchs.
mountain grammy
(26,659 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)there is no Israel.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)is fear of US reprisal.
Jeff Murdoch
(168 posts)is the US going into the Security Council and saying "abstain" instead of "veto"
I didn't think it could even be a possibility, but Nutty-Boo-Boo is making it a glimmer of happening.
calimary
(81,527 posts)Glad you're here. I wonder how many times he wants to spit into the wind, thinking nothing will splash back on him? REALLY he seems to be acting rather recklessly. Regardless how he feels about who's in the White House at any given moment, THIS is who the President is. Hell, we had to stomach his preference in the last decade. Show respect, and not grandstanding, Mr. Prime Minister. Try being a little more statesman-like. You've been around long enough to know the proper protocol. MUST you alienate people to make your point? Some of those people are loyal and ardent supporters.
Jeff Murdoch
(168 posts)Although this is like the third time you have welcomed me, due to my low post count.
Over the last year or so, I kept looking at the domestic policies of Israel, and wondering if the PM was trying to provoke another intifada.
But the last few weeks have cleared that up for me. He's Dick fucking Cheney in a yarmulke; he just don't give a shit.
calimary
(81,527 posts)Sorry about being a dingbat. I usually have something pop up on the computer that tells me it's already been written, but I didn't see any such thing.
Guess it means you're simply welcome welcome welcome!
kentuck
(111,110 posts)The Secretary of State or the President should inform the good minister from Israel that he should wait for the invitation through proper channels? In our form of democracy, the Speaker of the House does not have that authority. Perhaps we might inquire as to just what he wishes to talk to the American people about? Perhaps he would like to go on C-SPAN and inform the American people?
Cha
(297,812 posts)UTUSN
(70,762 posts)Demeter
(85,373 posts)but I don't have much hope that Bibi will suffer. He's immortal, like the vampire.
randome
(34,845 posts)...that does not have the power to negotiate. I think he'll end up cancelling. And when he does, it will also be a mighty blow to Boehner and the GOP.
I am so looking forward to that.
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zentrum
(9,865 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)He gets re-elected because of fear (he must pray for Hamas every night) and fear is very hard to overcome.