Sharon goes Ben Gurion
It seems Ariel Sharon has decided to leave the likud, and create a new party. The party wil be a a centrist party, It will probably include some of the current Likud ministers like current minister of Finance Ehud Olmert and minister of Justice Livni, as well as Dan Meridor if he choses to make a comeback into politics once again. The move comes after a long split in the party, regarding the unilateral Gaza pullout and the continuing peace process. Ariel Sharon, once called the bulldozer, and known for his tough stance against the peace process. A former hawk and former ultra likudist, is actually aiming for the center in Israeli politics. In the process he´s doing something that the father of the Israeli state, David Ben Gurion made in 1965, when he decided to leave Mapai and formed the Rafi party togheter with Moshe Dayan and Shimon Peres. The decision to leave Mapai was prompted by the Lavon Affair.
The Likud is likely to have an interesting month ahead, with electing a new party leader and contender for the premiership as it´s imidiate priority. Bibi Nethanyahu is probably the first choice, but others likely to run for the party leadership position is Silwan Shalom , and Uzi Landau.
On the other side of the political divide, Amir Peretz has become the darling of the media, since becoming Labour party leader in a surprise party election a week ago. This is a candidate , that has a new vision for the israeli society, under the slogan ¨another Israel¨ He will focus on closing the gap between rich and poor in Israel, as well as direct dialouge with the palestinian leadership, as opposite to Ariel Sharon´s unilateral withdrawel from the Gaza strip and some small parts of the West bank. He has also followed in Ben Gurions footsteps by first becoming the Histadrut(Israels largest trade union) chairman and then carry on to be the labour party leader.
Bibi Nethanyahu dosen´t seem to keen on changing the status quo.
So Bibi is likely to win the internal Likudpartyleadership and taking the right of center votes, Ariel Sharon going from the 1982 Ultra Likud Sharon to the Likud light of 2006, and Amir Peretz is going back to the party´s old socialist roots, suddenly there seems to be an abundance of ideological and political choices for the Israeli people in February or March of 2006. Will the israelis rise to the occasion this time around
UPDATE
The Likud is likely to have an interesting month ahead, with electing a new party leader and contender for the premiership as it´s imidiate priority. Bibi Nethanyahu is probably the first choice, but others likely to run for the party leadership position is Silwan Shalom , and Uzi Landau.
On the other side of the political divide, Amir Peretz has become the darling of the media, since becoming Labour party leader in a surprise party election a week ago. This is a candidate , that has a new vision for the israeli society, under the slogan ¨another Israel¨ He will focus on closing the gap between rich and poor in Israel, as well as direct dialouge with the palestinian leadership, as opposite to Ariel Sharon´s unilateral withdrawel from the Gaza strip and some small parts of the West bank. He has also followed in Ben Gurions footsteps by first becoming the Histadrut(Israels largest trade union) chairman and then carry on to be the labour party leader.
Bibi Nethanyahu dosen´t seem to keen on changing the status quo.
So Bibi is likely to win the internal Likudpartyleadership and taking the right of center votes, Ariel Sharon going from the 1982 Ultra Likud Sharon to the Likud light of 2006, and Amir Peretz is going back to the party´s old socialist roots, suddenly there seems to be an abundance of ideological and political choices for the Israeli people in February or March of 2006. Will the israelis rise to the occasion this time around
UPDATE
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