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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon beat back a campaign led by Benjamin Netanyahu to oust him as Likud Party leader, narrowly defeating a proposal to hold the next primary as early as November. Members of the party's central committee last night voted 1,433 to 1,329, or 52 percent to 48 percent, against moving up the contest from its scheduled date in April.
I'm glad that Sharon won this tangle. Netanyahu is very much like Republicans in the U.S. He lies, he's deceptive and he uses fear to win votes. Sharon has made hard choices for Israel, such as pulling out of Gaza, under constant attack from his party's right. He should be applauded for doing what is in the best interest of all Israelis. Netanyahu, on the other hand, offers no positive vision for Israel. I'm relieved that his dark ambitions have been put on the backburner, at least for a few months.
4 Comments:
Wasn't Netanyahu born in the US?
posted by Anonymous, at
9/27/2005 9:39 AM
Ned -- I'm laughing to myself -- because politics aside, I've always had a crazy crush on Netanyahu myself!
posted by Anonymous, at
9/27/2005 2:17 PM
No, he was not born in the U.S. His parents were born here, moved to Israel not long before he was born, and Bibi was born there. They came back to the U.S. for a while (I think the father was a visiting professor at University of PA, but I'm nt sure), and Bibi attended and graduated from Cheltenham High School in a suburb of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The family oater went back to Israel.
posted by Anonymous, at
12/26/2005 6:00 PM
