Israel's political scene is rather deceptive. Labels can be tricky. Or is it the fault of the typical psyche of a politician. Politicians want to be elected to office, and they will do an say almost anything to achieve that goal.
The Israeli media has convinced almost everyone, except those of us who due to some mental/emotional fault are immune to the brainwashing, that "everyone wants peace" and that "extreme right wing politicians" aren't popular.
As far as I'm concerned, it's all a lie. "Peace" must be defined, and the apartheid--Jews in the Ghetto "peace" being promoted would not be popular if the public was exposed to the true ramifications. And it's because of the public's attraction to right wing leaders that the left leaning media works so hard to oppose them.
The Likud's Bibi Netanyahu consistently makes it clear that he's a "centrist." The Likud's voters are to the right, but remember that it was the Likud's Menachem Begin who gave the Sinai to Egypt and destroyed all of the Jewish communities there. And don't forget that Ariel Sharon was elected as head of Likud when he announced Disengagement, gave Gush Katif to the Arab terrorists and destroyed the Jewish communities there and in northern Shomron.
Those left wing policies could never have had been implemented by the left, because they would have been opposed by the right, but the minute the so-called right is in power it turns left. Yes, it sounds like a tank out of control.
And now, Uzi Dayan announced that he's joining the Likud. Why? He's left wing to Kadima. So why is he joining Likud? He's joining, because today's Likud, which is trying to dilute Moshe Feiglin, is really left-center.
Some people tout the NU-NRP (National Union-National Religious Party) as right wing, but it isn't. The NRP is a chameleon party which traditionally joined any coalition to protect its interests. In recent years its supporters have tried pushing it to the right, but it's a Moetzet YESHA kind of right, which is really "pragmatically center," about the nicest thing I can say.
The National Union began as Moledet, reliably right, but since Rechavam Ghandi Zeevi's assassination, it has been rudderless and hooked up with the NRP. The fact that its MK Elon Supports Creating Unity Gov't shows how far from the right it has gone. He sounds like the old time NRP, willing to agree to anything as long as they're in the coalition.
It looks like I really have no choice other than to continue with my imaginary party, Zot Shelanu!
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Batya, much as I value and respect you, I'm going to make a somewhat cutting remark because I believe it's needed. Have your imaginary party and live in imaginary Neve Dekalim or Kfar Darom as well. If we don't do something REAL and different from what we have done all the years, we will be living in caravillas somewhere with our houses in Shiloh and Kochav Hashachar in ruins. Yes, the land is ours, but if we only talk about it as Begin did rather than build as the Labor movement once did, we will just keep retreating and retreating. Maybe we need a Jewish Leadership movement in the Labor Party.
goyish' I thought you'd tell me to support Moshe Feiglin.
Do you have a plan?
ps I don't talk of mythical dead communities. They can't be resurrected.
Shalom!
Yes we do have to build and most importantly protect what we build.
Batya, K'far Darom has been resurrected three times already. G-d willing the fourth time will be the last. I didn't manage to complete my "Jews in Gaza" timeline in time for the day (the day that Netzer Hazani was founded) that the school kids learned about Gush Katif, but I'm trying to get it done by Tisha B'av. Jews have been kicked out and returned to the Gaza region for thousands of years. Gaza=azut metzah. There's no other region in Israel that has been so hard for the Jews to conquer. Look at the maps of the past few thousand years. From Philistines to "Palestinians", it's been a rough battle that's not over yet.
Hadassa, thanks for the reminder.
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