Lieberman May Be Asked to Join Government
Internal Israeli politics, like a lot of things in Israel, changes from one day to the next. This morning both Galei Tzahal and Haaretz are reporting that Olmert has not rejected Avigdor Lieberman's party out-of-hand, and the Kadima party is making overtures to him.
This puts Amir Peretz in a difficult situation, because he came out with a statement before the election that he wouldn't sit with Lieberman. He supposedly reiterated this claim to Achmed Tibi as late as last night, according to this article in the Jerusalem Post.
Peretz's statement shows his inexperience in politics at this level. Closing out your options before you have to is never a good idea in this country.
Internal Israeli politics, like a lot of things in Israel, changes from one day to the next. This morning both Galei Tzahal and Haaretz are reporting that Olmert has not rejected Avigdor Lieberman's party out-of-hand, and the Kadima party is making overtures to him.
This puts Amir Peretz in a difficult situation, because he came out with a statement before the election that he wouldn't sit with Lieberman. He supposedly reiterated this claim to Achmed Tibi as late as last night, according to this article in the Jerusalem Post.
Peretz's statement shows his inexperience in politics at this level. Closing out your options before you have to is never a good idea in this country.
posted by westbankmama at 8:30 AM
5 Comments:
Well said, but maybe Peretz knows what he wants and is a man of his word. I would not sit in gov. with someone I don't like political. He knows that his party is the best solution for a stable gov., so he knows that he can do some demands.
"Peretz's statement shows his inexperience in politics at this level."
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...you mean we can't burn tires outside the Knesset?
emanuel - it turns out that the Kadima party is nervous about Labor's demands - they now want the Education portfolio, which was promised to a prominant member of Kadima...
ben-david - welcome to my blog! No, I don't think burning tires outside of the Knesset would be a good idea...
We cannot take anything peretz says at face value. In my opinion, he is the savviest, and most deceptive, of all these politicians. He showed us all up with his last little trick, playing up a possible coalition with the right wing that got everyone either excited or angry, and then he showed he had been having secret meetings with Olmert and it is all a bluff. Even labor people were surprised, shocked and embarrased with the egg on their face.
I think he has something up his sleeve and will come out on top. Maybe he will use his previous statement against Lieberman as a bargaining chip with kadima - i.e. if you want us to join with Lieberman Kadima will really have to sweeten the pot and make a more attractive offer...
rafi - in this country, you never know until afterwards if a politician is really stupid or is extremely clever and is bluffing! The only thing I know for sure is that G-d is pulling all of the strings - even if we can't see it yet.
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