Commentary: A Delicate Israeli Tipping Point
Politically, Israel Appears to be Tilting Toward the Right
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John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)
Given 25-Oct-08; 6 minutes
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The current political changes in Israel are tenuous and very unstable. After Prime Minister Olmert was driven from power, a tenuous coalition party emerged headed by Tzipi Livni, but highly dependent upon the support of the right-wing Shas Party, closer to Benjamin Netanyahu's hawkish position than the dovish centrist Kadima Party. If the Shas Party defects to Netanyahu, then a military attack on Iran's nuclear facility (similar to the earlier attack on Iraq's nuclear facility) would be imminent.
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