his opinions only apply to everyone else

In light of the discussion now about a law being pushed by Minister of Justice Gideon Saar to impose term limits (with a debate if it should apply retroactively, ie to Benjamin Netanyahu, or not) on all prime ministers of Israel to a maximum of 8 years, the Likud just issued a statement.

The Likud statement says that Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects the calls for any sort of term limits, whether it applies to him or not. Parliamentary democracies do not have term limits but leave it up to the public to decide who should lead it in free elections... etc etc

Yes, there is a difference in this between parliamentary governments and presidential governments, but in essence there is no real reason why there must be a difference why term limits is a good idea in one and not in the other.

And to remind you, back in 1997, Netanyahu led the efforts to propose term limits. Netanyahu was doing so as part of his push to move to a presidential system and away from the parliamentary system we had, and still have. Netanyahu said then that a prime minister should not be allowed to serve for more than two terms - with that being enough to accomplish your goals and after that it would be time to move on.

Sure, Netanyahu has the right to change his mind. Especially when it comes to himself. Just as he changed his mind when he said Olmert should resign upon indictment but when it came to himself being indicted he chose not to resign.

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