tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post114124795853396193..comments2024-03-28T21:53:53.990+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Israeli news "roundup"Rafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1141457019465959582006-03-04T09:23:00.000+02:002006-03-04T09:23:00.000+02:00You may be right Rafi....I guess I see Kadima's pr...You may be right Rafi....I guess I see Kadima's principles as centrering aroudn finding a peace with a concrete security, and those are the principles I agreed with. But it's true they never really went much further as far as a platform. I stand corrected.Scottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492264428022458084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1141292917396527272006-03-02T11:48:00.000+02:002006-03-02T11:48:00.000+02:00Jameel - you make some interesting points and I ag...Jameel - you make some interesting points and I agree with your assesment..<BR/>Out of curiosity please tell me, are you am member of the LCC via MY (Manhigut) or directly through the Likud itself?Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1141291056055334662006-03-02T11:17:00.000+02:002006-03-02T11:17:00.000+02:00re: wrenching the control from the kiud central co...re: wrenching the control from the kiud central committee.<BR/><BR/>As an elected LCC member myself, I was in favor of this as well, but not for the reasons you mentioned.<BR/><BR/>A full third of the LCC are personally handpicked members by the head of the party (read: Ariel Sharon). They were never elected, are party hacks and personal friends of Sharon and are bad for the party in general (with zero ideological backbone).<BR/><BR/>We find ourselves in a rediculously unethical situation where 1/3 of the LCC has zero alligiance to the party, its platform, or its leadership -- since Sharon LEFT and formed Kadima!<BR/><BR/>Talk about a 5th column...and howabout the LCC members who are supporters of all the Likud MK's and Ministers who abandoned ship to go to Kadima as well?<BR/><BR/>That's half the LCC! <BR/><BR/>We had to get the LCC out of the picture, so the remaining MK's can hold by Likud ideology rather than Kadima's.<BR/><BR/>Lastly - I don't think the LCC was a bad thing -- the media hated us because we had a right wing agenda. The "jobbim" given out by Omri & co. were far less than the Labor party ever did.Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1141286832270271962006-03-02T10:07:00.000+02:002006-03-02T10:07:00.000+02:00scottage - I agree with you 98%. The first stateme...scottage - I agree with you 98%. The first statement is 100% correct that it was long overdue. Also, everybody knew Kadima was a one person party. <BR/>The only thing I disagree with you is about liking many of kadima's principles. Kadima never announced a platform and only recently published one. meaning, people supported them despite not knowing what they stood for. Also the "ideals" of Kadima were hardly anything realistic - rather a cholent of whatever they thought people wanted to hear. After all, how else could Tzahi Hanegbi and Shimon Peres support the same ideas?Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1141286666705623812006-03-02T10:04:00.000+02:002006-03-02T10:04:00.000+02:00yoelba - that is why many people do not pay attent...yoelba - that is why many people do not pay attention to polls. Also, it was recently exposed that because many people do not agree to answer pollsters, the pollsters have been known to fill out the polls themselves.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1141280019152989302006-03-02T08:13:00.000+02:002006-03-02T08:13:00.000+02:00First off, three cheers to Bibi for doing what had...First off, three cheers to Bibi for doing what had to be done. Frankly, it's long overdue. <BR/><BR/>As for Olmert, I think we all really knew that this was a one person party, and Olmert was nothing but support. I liked many of the principles of Kadima, but without Sharon it's nothing. Time to look for a new candidate.Scottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492264428022458084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1141270396418017962006-03-02T05:33:00.000+02:002006-03-02T05:33:00.000+02:00Re: Polls and KadimaIt just be that some of the cu...Re: Polls and Kadima<BR/><BR/>It just be that some of the current results are finally taking into consideration that reportedly 75% of the Israeli population hang up when they hear its a pollster ... and the majority of those are Right Wing or ReligiousYoel.Ben-Avrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833004397515977724noreply@blogger.com