Comments on: Lapid Meltdown

By: Tel-Chai Nation

Tel-Chai Nation — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:50:45 +0000

Shimon Peres continues his losing streak

The Israel Labor Party, which is becoming quite a has-been today, held their internal party primaries yesterday, and Shimon Peres, long unwilling to admit defeat, lost again to the former head of the the country’s union division, Amir Peretz.

By: josh

josh — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:08:34 +0000

Lapid used to be an outspoken right-winger, and two of their bloc could not be seen as hypocrites and voted for the refrendum against party disicpline even though it was doomed.

When they ran for election, I only gave them credit for not wanting to get into the ‘political/security’ issue, and they tried to remain centre. But nothing can hide that in their first knesset seesion, they voted against providing miluimnikim better benefits and from then on everyone knew that they were hypocritical liars and just as dirty like the other parties they criticized for corruption.

The current scandal being swept under the carpet is that a large part of the 700million shekels that Lapid blackmailed Sharon for is earmarked for higher eduacation, namely universities, but also for ‘non-funded’ ‘private’ colleges one of whom none other than the president of the Shinui party is heads. It aslo should be mentioned that these ‘non-funded’ ‘private’ colleges (who are licensed to hand out academic degrees) historically never asked for any money in order for them to keep their independance in providing a great education for rich kids that can afford the more than double priced education.

I don’t even have to mention that their platform is racist.

By: T_M

T_M — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:23:55 +0000

I wouldn’t say they are of the Left. I think ck has it right when he says they have a bent to the left.

By: Yisrael

Yisrael — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:19:51 +0000

I thought another major part of Shinui was that it seeks to end/reverse socialism in Israel. They probably don’t put it so bluntly, but market liberalization, etc. means the same thing. To me, that is usually associated with the right more than the left.

By: jewlicious @ the beach

jewlicious @ the beach — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:08:42 +0000

Hey ck, dont forget your confirmation info!

By: ck

ck — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:41:20 +0000

Shinui is a secular party whose main platform is that it seeks to free Israel from the grip of minority religioud/haredi parties. In that respect it has attracted voters away from both right-wing and left-wing parties. It is also perceived as an overwhelmingly ashkenazic party with a strong left-wing bent. Yahad, on the other hand, is a firmly left-wing party.

By: Yisrael

Yisrael — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:15:17 +0000

Is Shinui considered part of the “left?” I wouldn’t have thought so. I tend to like Shinui more than the other parties, but the lack of decorum sometimes exhibited by their leadership troubles me.

By: T_M

T_M — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:41:04 +0000

Hey, ck, good post.

It’s not just the Left beating each other up. Or did you miss what the Gaza settlers called Mr. Bassi who heads the disengagement for Mr. Sharon?