{"id":6349,"date":"2009-02-03T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=6349"},"modified":"2009-02-03T15:30:22","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T20:30:22","slug":"frank-barat-likud-charter-does-not-recognize-palestine-uzi-mahnaimi-israel%e2%80%99s-nuclear-hawk-avigdor-lieberman-in-poll-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=6349","title":{"rendered":"Frank Barat: Likud Charter Does Not Recognize Palestine | Uzi Mahnaimi: Israel\u2019s nuclear hawk Avigdor Lieberman in poll surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Likud Charter Does Not Recognize Palestine
\nBy Frank Barat – London, Palestine Chronicle, 31 January 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a few weeks, on February the 10th, Israel will elect its new leaders during legislative elections. The three main contenders are Tzipi Livni from the Kadima party (Ariel Sharon\u2019s party), Ehud Barak from the Labour party and Benyamin Netanyahu from the Likud party.<\/p>\n

Before the Gaza “war”, it was a two-horse race: Livni against Netanyahu, with Netanyahu leading by a good margin in all the polls. The race became a three-horse one thanks to the Gaza \u201cwar\u201d launched by Livni and Barak. Barak saw his ratings surge and is now back in the race. Even if he does not get elected, his party will get quite a few more seats than it had planned a few months ago.<\/p>\n

But the frontrunner has always been Benyamin Netanyahu and he remains, in the eyes of the majority of Israel\u2019s journalists (Gideon Levy from Haaretz) or activists (Jeff Halper from ICAHD), the more than probable future PM. <\/p>\n

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Israel\u2019s nuclear hawk Avigdor Lieberman in poll surge
\nUzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv, The Sunday Times<\/em>, 1 February 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

AN ultra-rightwinger, who is said to favour flattening Tehran if Iran develops nuclear weapons, has emerged as the politician gaining the most ground in next week\u2019s general election in Israel.<\/p>\n

Avigdor Lieberman, 50, is advancing so rapidly in the polls that his Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) party is set to overtake Labour and become the third largest party in the Knesset, Israel\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview Lieberman said: \u201cI definitely see myself as ready for the post of defence minister.\u201d Although it is unlikely he would be granted access to Israel\u2019s nuclear arsenal, he could be in line for a senior post in a coalition government led by Binyamin Netanyahu, head of the centre-right Likud party and frontrunner in the polls.<\/p>\n

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