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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Barak resigns so special election may prevent Bibi's running. David Boies must have been in on this...
...most notable thing about this election will be the man who can't run in it--former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "Bibi" has been preparing for a tilt at Barak since he was cleared of corruption charges in the fall. If the Knesset had been able to call general elections, as it was in the process of doing, Netanyahu could have challenged Likud leader Ariel Sharon for the right-wing spot to oppose Barak...
...earnest this week. Sharon, 72, could face opposition within his party from several colleagues, including former Finance Minister Meir Sheetrit and the popular rising star of the right, Silvan Shalom. Netanyahu's supporters may also try a parliamentary maneuver to push for a general election, undercutting Barak's anti-Bibi move...
...meant new elections. Now Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak may have benefited from a similar effect. His most dangerous challenger, Benjamin Netanyahu, bowed out of the February election Monday, citing the legislature's refusal to vote for a full new election. Instead, the Knesset voted on a special "Bibi Bill" to allow any citizen to run in February's poll, which is only for the post of prime minister (the law had previously restricted the elections to members of the current parliament). Although polls have Netanyahu leading Barak by a 2-to-1 margin, the former prime minister demurred...
...Barak did). Now, Netanyahu looks set to return to the same booby-trapped office. But even having to govern via a traditionally fractious Israeli coalition government won't stop Netanyahu from keeping his foot firmly jammed on the brake of the peace process. Or at least, proceeding only in Bibi steps...