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Mor Altshuler
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In praise of rightist coalition

Mor Altshuler urges Netanyahu to keep leftist parties out of his government

Even before all the votes have been tallied, we saw two more spins courtesy of Kadima's publicists. Firstly, Netanyahu is seemingly trying to "steal" the elections; secondly, should Netanyahu form a narrow rightist government, it would upset Barack Obama and disconnect us from Western Europe and from the civilized world.

 

The new spins may be used as a pretext by President Shimon Peres, the master of political tricks and creative shticks, for tasking Tzipi Livni with forming the next government or promoting a coalition comprising Likud, Kadima, and the Labor party.

 

However, even if fairness and commonsense will prevail, and the task of forming the government will be assigned to Likud, as is appropriate, Netanyahu must not fear a narrow rightist government. The opposite is true – he should prefer it over a terrible and fragile coalition with two leftist parties. In such coalition, these two parties, Kadima and Labor, may constitute a government majority and neutralize the possibility of outlining the realistic policies desired by most voters.

 

As opposed to the common perception regarding the Left's collapse in the elections, Kadima is an inseparable part of the old Israeli leftist camp, and its 28 mandates show that hundreds of thousands of Israelis have not yet overcome the "Oslo syndrome." This syndrome is the result of the illusions and delusions that struck extensive sectors within Israeli society in the previous decade. This led to hollow agreements with declared terrorists and the baseless vision of a new Middle East, ultimately resulting in unilateral withdrawals and bringing the violence of Iran and its emissaries to our doorstep.

 

Labor and Meretz voters are clearly unable to sober up from the illusion of imaginary peace because they lack the courage to admit that they fell victim to their own wishes. They also lack the ability to cope with the violent reality they created with their very own hands. However, Kadima's mandates show that the selling of illusions and the foregoing of national security considerations were not curbed by the traditional leftist camp's disintegration. They continue to take root despite murderous suicide terrorism, the missiles, the rockets, and two worthless wars.

 

Warning sign to West 

This is the old story under a different guise: Livni's spinmeisters recycled all the hollow clichés of "hope" and "peace" during this elections campaign while conveying weakness of mind and detachment from reality – this would not avert the next war, but rather, bring it closer. Should they join forces with the Labor party in a bogus "unity" government, Likud may end up being a junior partner in such coalition and the desires of the majority of voters will be scorned.

 

There is no reason to fear a rightist government: It will not disconnect Israel from the Western World, but rather, constitute the frontal defense line of the entire West; a sober warning sign that will wake the West from its delusional dialogue with Iran and her terror emissaries – Syria, Hizbullah, and the Palestinians.

 

At this time, Western leaders are learning the price of delusions: The economic "bubble" has burst, and the sweet dream of a good and reckless life presents Mr. Obama, Mr. Brown, Mr. Sarkozy, and Ms. Merkel with a hopeless situation. They have no idea how to end the crisis, and as time passes, its price keeps on growing.

 

The West has paid and will pay an inflated price for its reckless economic behavior. Benjamin Netanyahu and a rightist government can prevent Israel from continuing to pay an inflated price for the reckless delusion that panicky withdrawals shall bring peace and pieces of paper shall bring security.

 

Dr. Mor Altshuler is a Jewish Thinking researcher

 


פרסום ראשון: 02.12.09, 00:46
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