Yes, a sooper srs(ish) post, but I'm a dumb Yankee , and I want to hear
Bibi is the plump head mensch of Yisroel. Despite being kicked out of his initial run at PM due to corruption (real or alleged), he managed to get reelected again just last year. And like any good politician, he divides people.
One side is the rightoids (ranging from your average chud to the more stereotypical Orthodox Jew ), which generally likes him because he is a trad free-market lover who is hard on the Ar*b Question, or because he supports Hasidic/Settler interests (like increased security, more border walls, bringing more Torahic values to a secular society), and all that
The other side is the leftoids/non-conforming rightoids (often either a Liberal/Secular Jew , a socialist of some flavor , or an Arab ), which generally hates him because of the above (you know, no to racism/colonialism/capitalism/Zionism/Judeofascist theocracy/etc), or that he is a cynical wannabe despot who desires to become tyrant over the Land
Since he managed to escape a corruption investigation to again become a big guy in Israeli politics, he's been making a lot of big changes to the political world ever since, namely by bringing in more aggressively rightoid influence (namely from Haredi/Dati and even Kahanist folks), and by modifying the judicial system to reduce the power it has over the nation. And like any other bigname politican these days, the actions has resulted in a dang ol' deep divide in Israeli society
That is, until the Fire Nation Hamas attacked
Much like how Dubya managed to turn a nation that was split over his election (remember the Florida recount stuff? ) into something that greatly supported him and his actions in the immediate aftermath of you-know-what , can the "Third Intifada" provide the necessary push to make even the least observant Arab-loving Labor-voting Israelite from Tel Aviv go Boppin' with Bennie Boy? ? Or is the everyday divide too big to gap, even in such a crisis like this?
(Granted, given by what happened to Bush's perception as the chicanery in Afghanistan and Iraq kept dragging on, this may not be such a good thing to emulate in the long run? )
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