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The new magician
Attila Somfalvi
Published: 11.10.07, 07:06
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1. Magician? Madman is more like it.
BJL ,   usa   (10.11.07)
And he must be stopped before he does permanent damage..Lieberman and Shas, stop this madness now.
2. Livni save us
Tikva   (10.11.07)
Tzipi Livni, please do something about this. Save us all.
3. Magician?
R.Alkalai ,   USA   (10.11.07)
A successful government is one that care about it's people and does everything to ensure stability, safety. quality of life and their survival. Olmert may not capitulate to his political rivals, but he does so, most willingly to those that intend to destroy Israel and murder the Jewish people. He cares only for his personal gain and prestige, acts against the law, and has a blatant and obvious disregard for Torah, and the 2,000 years of prayers, sacrifices, and horrific suffering the Jewish people have had to bear in exile, in order to finally return to their home- Israel. His actions are criminal, and mark him as a classic sociopath. He appoints equally criminal andunethical underlings by virtue of their ability to protect his political seat and power, rather than by merit, ethical conduct, and ability to faithfully serve the people of Israel. Currently, he is in the process of dismanteling the State of Israel, and subjecting the Jewish people to another Shoah. What all the weapons. and terrorist activities of Islam could not do, he is doing. Yes, he is a dictator, and his agenda is corrupt and dangerous to the survival of every Jew- worldwide. This evil man, and those who follow him are traitors. The people should remove them all from office immediately- by whatever means necessary, throw them in jail and then put them on trial. He is not a magician. He is simply a slave to HaSatan.
4. To Attila
Nora ,   Tel Aviv   (10.11.07)
Young man, your "Magician" Olmert is an egocentric trespasser of the law. He will be punished for that. Do you agree or not?
5. clumsy finno-ugric english with too many double negatives
Fiona Rangel   (10.11.07)
please have proofread
6. I hope his next trick will be to disappear !
redmiike ,   tel aviv and london   (10.11.07)
7. Not so much a magician but more an incompetant Drek- juggler
Oiy Oiy Oiy ,   The Worst PM ever   (10.11.07)
8. For my next trick.....
Ilan ,   Ariel   (10.11.07)
I'll cut the country in half, piece of cake! Olmert ain't a magician, he just benefits from have all the toadys on his side.
9. Huh?
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (10.11.07)
Attila writes "...he is able to manage a government that is considered rather successful..." The only ones who consider the government a success are Attila, the Left who supports destruction of Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem and politicians who earn money from Olmert's regime. Attila, take your successful government and emigrate to a different country.
10. He is no magiian....more like a snake oil salesaman!
freejay ,   Israel   (10.11.07)
Atilla, how much were you payed tby Olmerts camp to write such rubbish?
11. Not Avigdor Lieberman - read the news!
redmiike ,   tel aviv and london   (10.11.07)
Finally Lieberman is making his presence felt, and not before time! "Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Mideast envoy Tony Blair on Thursday that any attempt to address the core issues surrounding the establishment of a Palestinian state at an upcoming U.S-hosted peace summit would "bring about the collapse of the coalition and the government in Israel." These core issues include the permanent borders of the future Palestinian state, the question of jurisdiction over holy sites in Jerusalem, and the issue of Palestinian refugees around the world. Lieberman met with Blair in Jerusalem Thursday, and told him that any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "must include Israel's Arab citizens as well, when the basis for an agreement should be a land swap and a population transfer." Lieberman also said that "the international community has to make a concerted effort to resolve the issues of Israel's security and the Palestinian economy."".
12. Totalitarian regimes of ALL stripes are stable.
Ozraeli ,   Australia   (10.11.07)
Totalitarian regimes of ALL stripes are stable, whether ruling by force, corruption, manipulation, deception, or apathy. That is why Winograd will be quietly buried, and Olmert continues on. Olmert's control and "stability" of government has more to do with electoral structure, and flows from that, not coalition makeup, or even a gutless, unprincipled, and incompetent Opposition. Israel's electoral system attracts & creates corruption, opportunism, short term manipulation, and promotes success of the worst type of public figure. Analyse it, and see how the system fragments and disempowers the ordinary citizen The other main reason the Govt. has not been thrown out is because Israel's population is largely made up of people with a short history of self rule and no ingrained culture of true democracy, accountability, & public ethics. With all respect to them as people, Russians, Eastern Europeans, Ethiopians, North Africans, and Arabs hardly have a ingrained high standard of ethical expectations, vision, wisdom, and accountability of their political "leadership". Do the mathematics of voters and ethnic background. Israelis are kept too busy, stressed, disconnected, and apathetic by "Bread & Circuses", and the need to survive economically, while the Olmert's "Macherim" and "Families" manipulate, use, and bleed them. There is no need for socialism, just integrity of the electoral structure, education to participate beyond IDF service, & a demand for ethics, foresight, & accountability. Democracy is not a spectator sport. If and when Israelis wake up, they will be living in a truncated, castrated country, while Olmert, Livni, and Co. swan around the salons of Paris and London on lecture tours, earning dollars and euros, congratulating themselves for making "peace" with a bunch of gangster warlords Pablo Escobar (former Columbian drug kingpin) would not negotiate with, let alone believe or provide "trust building gestures" to. And you laud his political survival "skills".
13. Olmert the magician
leongork ,   jerusalem   (10.15.07)
you express my thoughts exactly and you get exactly the same response that I do when I speak like you do. Why?
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