Olmert's exit complicates Israel's political scenario
There are two pictures of outgoing Israeli PM, Ehud Olmert,
which are imprinted on the minds of every politically active Israeli. The first was a poster displaying the faces of two Israeli soldiers, captured by Hezbollah fighters during the Israel’s disastrous campaign of Lebanon in 2006; with Olmert proclaiming, “Thy children shall come again to their own border” in somewhat prophetic gesture. The second is a front page photo on Jerusalem Post with a visibly ashen Olmert puffing a cigar after the first round of interrogations related to graft charges. In a way, these pictures sum up his turbulent career too. Therefore, in the last few months, the incidence of an abortive end to his career was not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’. Noted political expert from Israel, Gideon Doron told B&E, “For him, it was getting difficult to dispense his duties. Even if the graft charges are baseless, he’ll have to fight it out till eternity. You simply can't rule after you lose your base of legitimacy.”
A shameful defeat by Hezbollah coupled with a tactical loss in Gaza have not only hurt Olmert's image but that of his Centrist Kadima Party too, which was started by Ariel Sharon as a rag-tag group of leftists and rightists. The then defence minister and the chief of staff had to make an unceremonious exit. But Olmert managed to hang on a bit longer; in the process further denting the party's image. Who leads the party next is the key question now. Tzipi Livni, the dovish Foreign Minister, presently leads the race but she is closely followed by Shaul Mofaz—a hawkish Sephardic migrant Jew from Iran. However, all the polls pitting them against Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud leader, show them trailing miserably. On the other hand, the Arabs are feeling the jitters from this scenario. As an Arab analyst puts it; with Shaul Mofaz there is a good chance for war, but with Tzipi, there isn't much chance of development in either direction; i.e. war or peace. Either way, there is nothing much for them to look forward to!
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
There are two pictures of outgoing Israeli PM, Ehud Olmert,
which are imprinted on the minds of every politically active Israeli. The first was a poster displaying the faces of two Israeli soldiers, captured by Hezbollah fighters during the Israel’s disastrous campaign of Lebanon in 2006; with Olmert proclaiming, “Thy children shall come again to their own border” in somewhat prophetic gesture. The second is a front page photo on Jerusalem Post with a visibly ashen Olmert puffing a cigar after the first round of interrogations related to graft charges. In a way, these pictures sum up his turbulent career too. Therefore, in the last few months, the incidence of an abortive end to his career was not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’. Noted political expert from Israel, Gideon Doron told B&E, “For him, it was getting difficult to dispense his duties. Even if the graft charges are baseless, he’ll have to fight it out till eternity. You simply can't rule after you lose your base of legitimacy.”A shameful defeat by Hezbollah coupled with a tactical loss in Gaza have not only hurt Olmert's image but that of his Centrist Kadima Party too, which was started by Ariel Sharon as a rag-tag group of leftists and rightists. The then defence minister and the chief of staff had to make an unceremonious exit. But Olmert managed to hang on a bit longer; in the process further denting the party's image. Who leads the party next is the key question now. Tzipi Livni, the dovish Foreign Minister, presently leads the race but she is closely followed by Shaul Mofaz—a hawkish Sephardic migrant Jew from Iran. However, all the polls pitting them against Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud leader, show them trailing miserably. On the other hand, the Arabs are feeling the jitters from this scenario. As an Arab analyst puts it; with Shaul Mofaz there is a good chance for war, but with Tzipi, there isn't much chance of development in either direction; i.e. war or peace. Either way, there is nothing much for them to look forward to!
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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