Israel-Palästina

[ThomasWach]

Mal ein Kommentar zur israelischen Innenpolitik und zur Lage der Dinge in Israel:

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The emotional explanation is clear. Because Sharon shed his highly divisive character in the last few years of his political life and took on a softer, almost avuncular character, Israelis increasingly came to embrace him as a reliable national shepherd. But the political explanation is far less obvious. For contrary to widespread predictions, the fact that he will no longer stand at the helm will not make much difference to the future course of Israel or the region.

Sharon did not create the critical mass at the center of the political spectrum that he and his newly formed Kadima party are seen to embody. That center has been growing consistently for almost two decades, feeding on disillusionment with the two concepts that traditionally took up most of the space in Israel's political discourse - the "peace process" and the "Land of Israel."
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und noch einer

For Israel's future, a moment of truth
The New York Times

When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced two months ago that he was leaving the right-wing Likud Party, which he had embodied for three decades, one thing seemed certain: his new centrist party, Kadima, would be far more about one man - himself - than any one idea.

It's possible that this could even have worked for a time. Sharon struck such a powerful chord with the Israelis' craving for security and stability that he might well have been able to bulldoze his people into the future as he saw it. But Sharon's massive second stroke means that both Kadima and what passes for the Israeli political center must now find a political vision that revolves around more than just Ariel Sharon.
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Interessante Kommentare. Überdies kann ich generell das Onlineportal der International Harald Tribune nur sehr empfehlen wenn es um den Nahen Osten geht bzw.wenn man allgemein gut recherhierte Weltnachrichten will.