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Israeli Politics: Never in the Bag
By Micah Halpern

Wednesday February 18, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

In Israeli politics there is no such thing as a shoe-in.
For proof you need to look no further than the results of the recent election and the subsequent deal makings and back door politicking taking place in Jerusalem.

The end game is forming a government.
The means to the end is coalition building.
Israeli President Shimon Peres is now performing his only official duty as President of Israel.
He is interviewing the party leaders and taking stock of what each leader projects about their ability to form a coalition and with whom.

The party most courted right now is headed by Avigdor Lieberman.
Lieberman has fascist leanings but he is the most politically realistic politician in the game. His primary issue is actually civil marriage and that is why the religious parties have united against him. Lieberman believes in a Palestinian state and is practical about swapping land in Israel for settlement blocs.

To his list of detractors add some of the nationalist parties and you have a minority anti-Lieberman bloc.
However, those to the left of center shouting anyone but Lieberman have already served in a government alongside Lieberman in both the Sharon and Olmert governments and none of that turned out too badly.

I recognize the dangers that Lieberman poses, but history has proven that beyond his two major issues upon which he is unbending, Avigdor Lieberman can be very flexible.

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