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I'm just wondering. Does anyone know if Arik Sharon is a card player? We know that Sharansky plays chess, which is a very different type of game. What do the other politicians do to keep their minds sharp or entertain themselves? And please don't say the obvious that they don't have any minds to sharpen.
Seriously. Sharon is like one those circus entertainers, talking fast while shuffling the deck accordion-style, pocketing cards and pulling them out from his sleeves while our eyes are being distracted by his three ring circus.
Does anyone really know what's going on?
There are some really amazing things happening in the political spheres here in Israel. Some of it is actually "Moshiach-like." At least from how I see it. I've never voted for a religious party, because I don't believe that they should exist. I think that religious needs show be guarded by all. Religious and Chareidi education shouldn't be dominated by politicians of special-interest parties. And if there was an "Anglo" party of English-speaking Israelis, I wouldn't vote for it either. Immigrant needs should be the concern of all. And ditto for a party claiming to represent the yishuvim. I'm an Israeli and I expect, demand that the entire country, the entire population support settlement. All this separation, special interest groups as political parties is bad for Israeli society.
So now since Sharon has decided to establish a brand new party, suddenly there's more change in the Israeli political scene than most countries see in fifty years. One of the greatest things is that the religious parties are starting to re-evaluate. Not only is the NRP, National Religious Party, (Mafdal), negotiating with the NU, National Union, but even some of the Chareidim are waking up and talking about a united block with the right wing parties.
We mustn't be afraid of change. Haven't we been complaining about Israeli politics for years? Hasn't it gotten harder and harder to decide for whom to vote?
The previous situation was horrendous, right? That's why they were able to implement Disengagement. Everyone agrees. So change is necessary, and apparently Sharon is our tool. Nobody would have the guts for all this, if Sharon hadn't messed up the deck and thrown the cards all over the floor. Now we have no choice.
In my house we have lots of books, so the idea of painting the livingroom is overwhelming, so when just after our daughter go engaged a wall of shelves tumbled, books and all, we had no choice. And not only did we have the room painted, I bought a gorgeous new wall unit. Honestly, I should have redecorated that room years before, but it took those falling shelves and books to make me do it.
Ariel Sharon has done some terrible things to our country since becoming Prime Minister. Each of his "successes" has made him more confident to do worse and worse.
I think it's wonderful that he has created Kadima, his new political party. It has forced us all to look at Israeli politics and government differently. We now have a real opportunity to change, to make things better.
This is our chance to deal a new hand, a winning one.
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I just wrote to a friend today that what is happening around Sharon is 'biblical'.
It is unprecedented that everything he, an Israeli prime minister and on top of that one 'hated' by so many people, does is 'successful'. Naturally, he should have responded stronger to 'terrorism' when he was elected and been ridiculed for wimping out, the expulsion law shouldn't have been passed, and his government should have fallen long ago with its multiple reincarnations and change of ministers and coalition, but no, something totally unnatural has happened over the past couple of years. 'Something' is pulling the strings and it is not 'brilliant' political manuoevering.
I don't believe in luck, and it's hard to say that hashem is behind it, because I don't believe that hashem controls Jews (we have free will, right?), but rather is the greatest justice system and he works things out in the end to fit 'the plan'.
Sharon has lots of zchut for his previous defense of Israel and settlement endeavours, but one day, hashem will finally decide that those points are up.
As for creating a new political atmosphere with his bombshell creation of Kadima (that was planne a long time ago), he has said numerous times over the past month that Israel needs to change it's system of government to 'presidential'. His new education expert and ex-Shinui founder's main job will be to work to change the system. It seems that E V E R Y O N E knows that moshiach is coming very soon. The sanhedrin structure has been reorganized and Sharon is going to organize the government to be ready for moshiach to slide into place. These are awesome times!!!
You may be right, Batya.
The reason the religious parties got started in the first place was because the religious people were greatly underrepresented in the Knesset. Now that there is representation by many religious MKs of a variety of affiliations, a new right-wing unity party will be more inclined to put religious leaders on their slate.
I like your "Moshiach-like" wording. The way I see it, the unity displayed at Kfar Maimon and at the Kotel rally afterwards was not enough. The unity at those rallies were great, but temporary in nature. Perhaps, we need our political parties to unite to show that we are united, and want to stay so.
Yes, Josh, and thanks, Yaak,
It's me, here, too.
We sure live in exciting times. G-d willing...
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