Bibi or Livni?

TWO PEAS FROM THE SAME POD? Will Bibi or Livni Be Any Better?

Few are taking seriously Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to pass himself off as a “moderate,” while Tzipi Livni (illustrated here) has made some unbelievably shocking remarks last week when speaking before Israeli high school students. (Illustration via Newscom)

The article seems to provide a very nice overview, not too biased toward any given side in the initial reporting, of the current political situation in Israel and what we might be able to predict for the future of Israeli government. However, it's only in the end that the author falls short of any real scholarly insight or factual rhetoric.

"Israeli intolerance has once again been manifested by an unprecedented brief detention and expulsion of a visiting United Nations human rights envoy, Richard Falk, an American Jew and a former professor emeritus at Princeton University, at Tel Aviv airport because of his past criticism of Israeli policies, particularly in the Gaza Strip which is under Israeli siege."

Moving from Israeli politics, Hishmeh simply moves to criticizing a single incident as a means of defining what he considers "Israeli intolerance". Furthermore, I didn't know Gaza was still under Israeli siege. Are there tanks and military personnel still within the borders of the rogue territory? If by siege you mean security forces in place to prevent the illegal crossing of possible Hamas terrorists into Israel...

Mr. Hishmeh, tell me your thoughts on the hundreds of Hamas Kassam rockets falling on innocent civilians in the Israeli south and then we can discuss your ideas on "intolerance".