Let's keep cool : the next weeks will be a poker game or a baazar bargaining. Nothing really serious

After reading the headlines today, strange bedfellows is a frikkin understatement!!!

I thought that the leader of the biggest party automatically gets to form the coalition.... No..?

Who the hell is this person,ummm Haim Ramon,the name doesnt even sound authentic.Would you by a used car from him?

He who puts together a coalition of 61 seats or more gets to be Prime Minister. If Peretz can do it, he will be Prime Minister instead of Olmert. The bottom line that it is a real "shuk" out there & any thing goes. Are we ever in trouble with these clowns!

The parties make recommandations to the president. If Kadima succeed to make a minimum 61 seats parties to recommand them, Kadima forms the next government. If Labour succed to be recommanded by parties with a total of 61 or more seats, they will form the government. All this game is a big bull-shit. Just to get the power, Labour is ready to do coalition with total oposition parties. In other words, Stalin is ready to join the mensheviks for the comunism to succeed and he to be the leader. Long live our beloved Histadtrut.

Israel has a history of parties that have a one shot opportunity and then disappear. Shinnui is the latest such example. If Labour, along with Likud, Shas, etc. form a government that keeps Kadima out of power then Kadima is finished even before it started and they won't get a single seat next time around. From a purely strategic political point of view it is compeletly sensible for Labour and Likud, etc. to form a government if only to keep Kadima out of power. That will nip Kadima in the bud. It's obvious...

One can only cringe when watching the politcal hacks in Israel haggling over power posts, all the while the kitchen is burning down around them. Their bloated egos and their total LACK of national interest is stunning in its mendacity. While the stakes are higher in Israel than anywhere on earth - due to the existential ramifications for all of world Jewry - these clowns act as if they are shopping at a fire sale. Jews worldwide are obligated to stick their noses into the government's business. This is because whatever they decide affects us all. If they give away my patrimony I am not going to keep quiet. Most Jews in Israel do have the national interest at stake, whether from the left or right, not including the post zionist self appointed "elite". Their "leaders" though are mostly scum, aside from a few patriots.( I include MK Kara, the Druze leader as an absolute Israeli patriot.)

I've left Israel over 20 years ago and never been back since This article confirms to me that I have done the right thing.

Dear Adina, (#8) They are not behaving *like* prostitutes. They ARE prostitutes!! *My apologies to all of the lovely, honest ladies of dubious repute, for the comparison. Those similarly employed are performing a service for a price paid. The politicians perform no known usefull service at a VERY high price to all. And no kiss goodbye!

Avi, you are not right. I left Israel 16 years ago and since, I was back and hope will still be. No matter the reason why we left, Israel is our country and we care about it's fate. Politicaly was and still is down. Our polititians are worst than prostitutes, are totally hopeless. Is not their fault, is the peoples fault who vote for them. Unfortunately is not yet enough maturity in Israel. Hamas is an enamy, an enamy whom Israel has to fight, but this fight has to be done with respect. They have hostail ideas but they are keeping and persist to them. They don't change their politics according to the blow of the wind. Our politicians do. If I would have the power, would put the whole lot of them to work hard let say in the building industry, but under supervision and replaceing them with totally new people. But all this, does not mean to deny Israel. It is the home of all jews and is their only home. It is very wrong to try to punish Israel for it's polititians mistakes. The polititians have to be punished and for start, take them all out of office.