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Post by ringmasterrob on Nov 21, 2005 11:39:21 GMT
Ariel Sharon has expressed his wishes for an early general election as early as February or March 2006. This comes just a day after rumours that Sharon was to split from the Likud party he helped to found and form a new party. Should this happen it is likely a huge realignment of Israeli politics will take place as the national coalition government falls apart. What are your views on this issue?
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Post by ringmasterrob on Nov 21, 2005 12:02:07 GMT
The rumours have just been confirmed, Ariel Sharon has announced on a radio programme that he is indeed splitting from Likud to form a new party.
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Post by HStorm on Nov 21, 2005 13:29:27 GMT
My only thoughts on this are that it goes to show what an evil old bigot Aerial Bombardment is. When his policies are too right wing even for his own party, he just decides to offload it and get himself a new party.
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Post by Naselus on Nov 21, 2005 13:40:34 GMT
How can anyone claim to be Jewish when all their policies are taken straight from Mein Kampf?
Likud are bad enough, considering that their methods relating to Palestine border on authorised ethnic cleansing, but frankly I'd dread to think what Sharon would do with an even more right-wing group of US-supported shites. Hopefully, the old bastard will prove about as popular as Kilroy did on his own.
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Post by TheCritique on Nov 21, 2005 14:01:37 GMT
My only thoughts on this are that it goes to show what an evil old bigot Aerial Bombardment is. When his policies are too right wing even for his own party, he just decides to offload it and get himself a new party. I understand he is leaving because his party opposed his policy on Gaza (of withdrawal) - doesn't this show that his party are too far right wing for him, rather than him too right wing for his party? What do we think is the probable election result, and therefore who is likely to be Sharon's successor? |
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Post by HStorm on Nov 21, 2005 14:22:54 GMT
I understand he is leaving because his party opposed his policy on Gaza (of withdrawal) - doesn't this show that his party are too far right wing for him, rather than him too right wing for his party? That's true actually. I just find it so hard to swallow his claim that he wants to capture the middle ground in the forthcoming election. That's like Tony Blair trying to corner the Socialist Party vote. |
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Post by Naselus on Nov 21, 2005 15:28:01 GMT
It might be taken that he simlpy has Blair-esque issues with opposition to his dictatorial style of politics.
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Post by Thanatos on Nov 22, 2005 0:22:46 GMT
It is indeed the rest of the Likud leadership that's even more dreadful than Sharon. We can only hope the new Labour leader, who seems from a cursory examination to be a good egg, leads his party to victory.
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Post by ringmasterrob on Dec 2, 2005 11:22:05 GMT
Former Israeli Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Shimon Peres has quit his party to declare support for long time rival Ariel Sharon's new 'Kadima' (forward) party
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Post by HStorm on Jan 6, 2006 12:56:14 GMT
The divide and conquer plan appeared to be working... and now Arial Sharon has suffered a stroke and his life is in critical danger, damaging Kamida's foundations at a crucial time.
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Post by ringmasterrob on Jan 9, 2006 11:54:26 GMT
If Sharon doesn't pull through or, as is looking more likely, he pulls through but with some form of brain damage it could seriously upset the apple cart of Israeli politics at this crucial period. A lot of the Kamida defectors were high profile and should they fail to gain ground in the election I can't exactly see them being welcomed back into other parties.
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