Monday, March 16, 2015

Bibi Says Nix On Palestine

++Bibi tries to rustle up the religious right  by promising there will be no Palestinian state while he is Prime Minister. He said he won't let Bethlehem surround Jerusalem? He also promised to build more settlements in Jerusalem. He also said that Herzog and Livini would allow the Palestinians to declare Jerusalem their capital. (Not)

++Josh Marshall, probably the only blogger left who understands Israeli politics,gives us a glimpse at Herzog's problems in cobbling together a coalition. Josh freely admits that the Israeli elites are fed up with Bibi but that Herzog's task is more difficult than Bibi's in trying to create a governing coalition. 

++The reports out of Israel is that the President can't stand Bibi personally and politically and might insist on a unity government is the results are close. The President usually chooses who he thinks can put together a coalition. This doesn't depend on the vote count.

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