Why is any position taken for granted. With new elections it is possible to have a new team at all levels.

You cannot expect our dear elected, to busy themselves with passing laws that part us, citizens with our hard earned money all the time. Sometimes they amuse themselves with internal intrigues: it helps them to stay sharp. I'm sure Reuven deserved it according to Knesset-Logic.

Netanyahu lost a lot of his Kingdom when he merged with Yisroel Beitanyu and the Elections revealed that.Still he is a Astute if Egotistical and Darwinian leader .But in a Democracy there are no Kings it's the masses that decide and the Haredim for all their Relative Piety are failing in the Real World of the Jungle and revealing Vindictive Selfishness.

While I don't live in Israel, it seems to me that either one is loyal to the PM or not. Bibi politically out maneuvered him and that should be the end of it. The author makes it seem jealousy is the only reason, not quite. It's no drama due to being more loved, its a reality that Bibi, like obama, makes choices, his choices as PM or President. The author just happens not to agree.

You're 73 already for Pete's sake. Go home already and enjoy your over generous pension. Give someone else a chance.

All those "real" Likudnikim", Rivlin, Merridor, Begin, Eitan and others with standards of decency even in the dirty game fd politics, are being pushed out! In fact anyone who poses a "threat" to Stalin Netanyahu and Molotov Lieberman, will become victims of the "Long Knives" in this back-stabbing gang political manipulators! I wouldn't be surprised if the next victim is going to be MK Tzippy Hatubelli who was critical of her party's agenda in a radio interview yesterday. Netanyahu only has room for "Yes People", like Steinitz, who are prepared to be his stooges.

Rivlin is a particularly fair person and therefore makes for an excellent Speaker. I think that he will not run against Natanyahu's choice because he will have a good chance when running for President within 2 years because then it will be a secret ballot.

barnea wants us to believe his assertions about sara's views on rivlin( a fair and balanced speaker) as the gospel when he offers no proof of them. barnea has been spinning his views along the same lines without evidence whether his support for oslo, or railing against the idf, he like some other israelis has a mental disturbance in his views about the country similar to most of haaretz. They prefer ztimmis under a national palestinen government wiht a jewish minority. you can't change people like him or burg, or oz, or sternhall or levy or barnea. If they spent 6 months in an arab jail, they would see the world totally differently.

and Sara's last stint as the Queen of Sheba

He is an independent thinker about many things is nobody's yes man something neither King Bibi nor Czar Joseph Leiberman will put up with. He will be back-the monarchy is making even more enemies every day the opposition cannot bear the man and within the Likud-they have finally woken up.

This sounds like taken from behaviour of Erdogan.

When LBJ wanted to appoint a new official he would interview them and ask them point blank the following question. Would you be prepared to kiss my ass in Macy's street window at noon, yes or no. Obviously he did not really mean to hold the candidate to his pledge of yes but the full implication of the question was apparent to all and sundry.

More seriously, whether king or PM , people forget the harm that Netanyahu and his attitude are doing to Israel on the international scene. "Outsmarting" his political adversaries at home and abroad has become a sport for him.

Why would anybody believe that Netanyahu views honesty as a virtue ?

even though I find Rivlin's ideological positions repulsive, he performed his function as House Speaker with honesty and fairness, two characteristics that Netanyahu cannot stomach, just as he could not stomach Begin and Meridor. I agree that most politicians are basically dishonest, but some are not. The trouble is that when we vote in dishonest politicians, it says a lot about ourselves

which I do about twice a year and the feeling I get when voting is very similiar: "why do I bother/nothing good will come out of this".

Bibi is our Prime Minister, he has been reelected in spite of Barnea's wishes. His dislike of Bibi is incurable.

Rivlin should replace Bibi. He is definitely more capable. Likud--wake up.

who gave him some prize. As to Rivlin, the dude is very bad. Not a nice person, and I did not vote for Bibi.

and your posts divorced from honesy and fairness. Take that one to heart.