Anti-Arab hopeful irks Israel's Netanyahu
by Patrick Anidjar Patrick Anidjar – Thu Dec 11, 2:31 pm ET
AFP/File – Right-wing Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin is pictured in 1997.
JERUSALEM (AFP) – A far-right Likud party member has become a thorn in the side of party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, a frontrunner in the race to become Israel's prime minister, as media reprint comments he made praising the Nazi system and denigrating Arabs.
Moshe Feiglin, 46, had a strong chance of winning a parliamentary seat after gaining significant support within Likud, at a time when Netanyahu is seeking to soften the image of the right-wing opposition party............
........the Israeli media has since highlighted comments Feiglin made in a 1995 interview with the Haaretz daily, in which he spoke highly of Hitler and disparagingly of Arabs.
An observant yarmulke-wearing Jew, Feiglin called the man responsible for the Holocaust "an unparalleled military genius."
"Hitler savoured good music. He would paint. This was no bunch of thugs. They merely used thugs and homosexuals," Feiglin was quoted as saying at the time...........
ENTIRE ARTICLE - http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081211/wl_mideast_afp/israelpoliticswwii
Netanyahu wants to postpone core issues in Mideast talks
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel's right-wing Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu thinks Middle East peace talks should focus on improving Palestinian daily life and not on core issues, his spokeswoman said Thursday.
The hawkish former premier, who polls say is likely to return to power after February elections, has been a staunch critic of the US-backed peace talks with the Palestinians that were relaunched in November 2007.
"Netanyahu does not oppose the continuation of the talks but he believes that the current negotiations are leading nowhere and their goal is not clear," spokeswoman Dina Libster told AFP............
ENTIRE ARTICLE - http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081211/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisraelpoliticsnetanyahu
AFP/File – Israel's right-wing Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, seen here in November 2008, thinks Middle …
ANALYSIS-Netanyahu on course for Israeli election win -polls
Jeffrey HellerReuters North American News Service
Dec 10, 2008 06:13 EST
JERUSALEM, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu could coast to victory in Israel's election two months from now, opinion polls showed on Wednesday, and he plans to take a detour on what Palestinians had hoped would be a U.S.-paved road to statehood.
Economic proposals could yield dividends for the former prime minister and head of the right-wing Likud party -- tipped to take up to 36 seats in the 120-member legislature in the Feb. 10 ballot, more than enough to form a ruling coalition.
Netanyahu's widely praised stint as finance minister in 2003 to 2005, when he pushed free market reforms that spurred growth, could translate into votes in a contest coinciding with the global downturn affecting Israel, his advisers believe.
Israelis will be asking: "Who can manage the Israeli economy in times of crisis?" one said.....
ENTIRE ARTICLE - http://wire.antiwar.com/2008/12/10/analysis-netanyahu-on-course-for-israeli-election-win-polls/
By Gershom Gorenberg @ haaretz.com
Straightforwardly, Dayan sought to establish a colonial regime.........
ENTIRE ARTICLE - http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1043043.html
Aide: Ex-IDF chief's Ahmadinejad remarks taken out of context
By Haaretz Service Tags: iranian revolution
An associate of Moshe "Boogie" Ya'alon said the former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff's comments on the necessity of considering the assassination of Iran's president were taken out of context. Ya'alon was quoted as saying by an Australian newspaper this week that the West must consider all options necessary to stop Tehran's nuclear program, including assassinating Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The associate noted in a statement that Ya'alon confirms he said it is possible to defeat the Iranian regime through economic, political, diplomatic means, and that military means are to be used as a last resort. "He said that any other quotes on this matter are incorrect and have been taken out of context," the associate said. In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, published in Australia Monday morning, Ya'alon said: "We have to confront the Iranian revolution immediately. There is no way to stabilize the Middle East today without defeating the Iranian regime. The Iranian nuclear program must be stopped." When asked whether "all options" included a military deposition of Ahmadinejad and the rest of Iran's current leadership, Ya'alon told The Herald: "We have to consider killing him. All options must be considered."....................
ENTIRE ARTICLE - http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1040208.html
By Gideon Levy @ haaretz.com (Israel)
The elections for the 17th Knesset have already been decided: Benjamin Netanyahu will be the next prime minister. Nothing will change the current trend, which was reflected in polls this weekend. At a time when the entire world, including Israel, is amazed and moved by the miracle election of Barack Obama, Israel is on the verge of electing George Bush. Tzipi Livni will not become less feeble, and Ehud Barak will not fix his waywardness. And the new left-wing party in the works will not make a difference one way or the other - it is too little, too late. Israelis intend to vote for the conservative, right-wing, nationalist, bellicose candidate - the Israeli Bush. The world is moving forward, while Israel is taking a step backward..........
ENTIRE ARTICLE - http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1039947.html
Endorsement: Benjamin Netanyahu for Prime Minister
by Jerry Haber @ Manges Zionist
Elections for Israel's parliament are scheduled for February 10, 2009. Israel, the least stable parliamentary regime in the Middle East, now holds parliamentary elections on the average of one every 2-3 years. There is no reason to believe that the government to be elected will last longer than its predecessors. So the question is: who will be the best prime minister for Israelis and the Palestinians ruled by Israel. As far as I can see, there are two main possibilities: Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu. Between the two, Netanyahu wins hands down.......
ENTIRE POST - http://themagneszionist.blogspot.com/2008/11/endorsement-benjamin-netanyahu-for.html
The campaign Web site of Benjamin Netanyahu, right, looks a lot like Barack Obama's, and it's no coincidence.
By ETHAN BRONNER and NOAM COHEN
JERUSALEM — Click on the Russian-language version of the campaign Web site of Benjamin Netanyahu, the conservative Likud leader running for prime minister of Israel, and up pops a picture of him with Barack Obama. On the Hebrew version, Mr. Obama is not pictured. But he is, in fact, everywhere.
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The Obama campaign's Web site.
The website of Benjamin Netanyahu, who is running for prime minister. “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery,” said a Netanyahu adviser.
The colors, the fonts, the icons for donating and volunteering, the use of videos, and the social networking Facebook-type options — including Twitter, which hardly exists in Israel — all reflect a conscious effort by the Netanyahu campaign to learn from the Obama success...........
ENTIRE ARTICLE - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/world/middleeast/15bibi.html
PS. Russ Feingold for Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (replacing Biden)
Bibi’s Barack Rip-Off
by Richard Silverstein
Bibi Barack ripoff
Barack Obama established that he has political coattails that helped Democrats get elected to Congress this year. But do his coattails extend as far as Israel? And will they help a right-wing Israeli nationalist war horse get elected? That’s what Bibi Netanyahu’s banking on.
The N.Y. Times brings word of one of the great digital rip-offs of recent political history. If you visit Bibi’s website you’ll find his web designer has almost entirely ripped off Barack Obama’s website down to color scheme, text placement, and even slogans......
ENTIRE POST - http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/11/14/bibis-barack-rip-off/
