Livni: Netanyahu isolating Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will have to choose between Israel and Hamas, Defense Minister Ehud Barak stated that Israel will not hold negotiation with a Fatah-Hamas government, but while Opposition Chairwoman Tzipi Livni (Kadima) seems to echo this firm stance, she says Netanyahu is responsible for the rough political waters Israel finds itself in.

"Netanyahu is not only failing to exercise damage control, or finding an alternative, he continues to derail Israel," she told Ynet Sunday.

"Leadership should have an impact. It is not too late, but Netanyahu is not doing anything. Talking about threats is not enough, you have to offer solutions. This is what we have been talking about for two years. The government should present a policy, but there is a global lack of faith in the prime minister.

"Israel has to present a policy that the world will believe in. You can't simply keep saying the world is against us," she said.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4062685,00.html

...when she says "Netanyahu is responsible for the rough political waters Israel finds itself in", it just comes across as political posturing.

Israel's global perception by the end of Olmert's term (leading up to OCL) wasn't any better. It was arguably much worse.

In fact, it wasn't any better right after Olmert's generous 2008 offer to Abbas.

Seriously, what could Nutty do that would be better than what Olmert, Sharon, Barak, Perez, or Rabin did?

he has been invited to address them sometime this month, doesn't seem all too isolated does it?

eta however it should be noted that the invites to both Olmert and Netanyahu came from Republican controlled congresses