Opinion  Shimon Shiffer
Between Begin and Netanyahu
Shimon Shiffer
Published: 02.01.15, 09:25
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1. Let's live with the times
Jake ,   Jerusalem   (01.02.15)
Begin was great and unique and perfect for his times. Bibi is living with people who still believe that giving land will give us peace. And this in spite of what happened in Gaza! Bibi is for not giving land in exchange for a wet dream. He knows that the PA is just another terror organization.
2. Begin had guts and vision
Avi L.   (01.02.15)
Begin had guts and vision and put the good of the country before his own political good. Blue hued hairdo is the exact opposite.
3. :-)
Joya ,   Israel   (01.02.15)
"Whoever haves a strong jewish character that love's Israel, is Zionist "
4. funny article
lars   (01.02.15)
with all its problems, the likud is the strongest party!! Wake up. Mr. Shiffer. It takes 2 parties to combine to get more seats than Likud. In best case scenarion, Herzog & Livni combined onmy get 3 more seats than likud. I suggest that you become a bit more open-mided & tolerant of people who differ with you!!
5. Everyone else noticed
Shalom ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (01.02.15)
(including in Ynet) that in these primaries the ardent settler faction in the Likud (Feiglin, Hotovely) was wiped out. The party has shifted toward the center. So it is not Netanyahu and the Likud majority but just Shiffer himself who "marks fixation and obsolescence, focusing on only one issue - settlements."
6. why?
(01.02.15)
Yesterday, this newspaper reported that immigration to Israel under Netanyahu increased to new records: this means Netanyahu made Israel attractive to wealthy Western Jews! Today, this newspaper reports that the Bedouin received the great Al-Sayed technological school under Netanyahu. It is clear that the Left does not like Netanyahu, fair enough, but why can't they point out even one real failure or campaign against him using the truth? Is it because the Left realizes that Netanyahu is good?
7. Really?
(01.02.15)
Why not tell the truth: Netanyahu has imposed a complete building freeze on Judea and Samaria. If Shiffer wants Livni and Herzog elected why doesn't he tell us how, after they turn Judea and Samaria over to Abbas, how they will stop rockets on Israel? These two failed in Gaza, they failed in Lebanon, what will they do differently now?
8. #6 why?
Avi L.   (01.04.15)
1 - Because Europe, and France in particular, are facing a wave of intisemitism unseen since the second world war. 2 - Because the economic crisis pushes people to look for some alternative. Bibi (pale blue hairdo) did the same in Gaza as Olmert (the convicted guy), they both let Hamas live to fight (us) another day and kill (us). What has he done so right? He is obsessed by himself, by himself staying in power, despite anything and everything.
9. To #6, and #8
Joya   (01.05.15)
So why the Israeli Parliament vote to dissolve the knesset for early elections, if the knesset was able to decide by majority of 80 votes to prolong its term if there aré special circumstances? Another question could be: aré Israeli Politicians interested in suspending their elections compagns in light of all the corruption scandals the Israeli media had been publishing since Yahir Lápid left the finance ministery or should we said, since Netanyahu called for early elections?
10. BEGIN = GIANT; BIBI = PYGMY
Rafi ,   US   (01.05.15)
Netanyahu is an empty suit, a petty, hack politician - despised around the world for his deceit and cheap stunts (publicly 'lecturing" Obama, foolish cartoons at the UN, etc) Many in the world may not have agreed with Begin... but ALL respected him.
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