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...storm is brewing in all corners of the country.' BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, the leader of Israel's right-wing Likud opposition party, after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert survived three no-confidence votes brought against him in the Israeli parliament...
...BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, the leader of Israel's right-wing Likud opposition party, after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert survived three no-confidence votes brought against him in the Israeli parliament...
...Olmert's key rivals, Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, are both former prime ministers whose track record in office failed to persuade voters to reelect them. Both men have so far refrained from moving in for the kill, lest they seem overzealous of taking advantage of what was a national calamity. Or perhaps they sense that Olmert has been mortally wounded, and will be unable to survive the Winograd judgment regardless of his own intentions. Not only have his approval ratings crashed to around 2 percent, but he is also under official investigation over allegations of financial misdoings - although these...
...Shin Bet, Ami Ayalon, who now serves in the Knesset, are angling to take the top spot in the Labor Party from Amir Peretz, Olmert's coalition partner and his disastrous and unpopular choice as defense minister. And at the head of the line is Likud Party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, another former Prime Minister and an outspoken critic of this government and its readiness to counter the Iranian threat...
...Gaydamak also likes to spread his political affiliations around. Though he has said in the past that he would support Netanyahu for the Prime Minister's post, Gaydamak nonetheless promotes talks with the Palestinians sooner rather than later (something Netanyahu does not support) and says Israel should be doing more to improve the quality of life for people in the West Bank and Gaza. While he insists he's not trying to be a kingmaker, he has put himself into a position to do just that. And though he says he has no political ambitions of his own, he adds...