Q: You just suggested that when Obama pushed Netanyahu, people realized they needed to get a deal. Do you think that American pressure on Netanyahu has been constructive?
Tzipi Livni: When Obama pushed Bibi, Bibi made some steps forward. The American pressure led those who don't believe that time is of the essence to a better understanding that there is no status quo option. For Israelis, when they wake up in the morning and ask themselves, what is the general situation today, the litmus test for them is the health of the relationship between Israel and the United States.
From this interview.
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What - and how - do Israelis think?
An example:-
A new poll by the Smith Institute for "Globes" and "The Jerusalem Post" shows that the prime minister should take the social protesters seriously. Were elections held today, a new social party headed by the protesters would win more than 20 Knesset seats...
83% of respondents in the latest survey support the protesters, and believe that the protests should continue. 45% of respondents believe that the protest leaders should reach a deal with the government on a timetable to implement the protesters' demands...
...However, only 9% of respondents said that the protesters should organize a new political party that would run in early elections.
Btw:
Telephone poll of a representative sample of 506 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) carried out by Maagar Mohot Survey Institute (headed by Professor Yitzchak Katz) the week of August 1 for Makor Rishon and published on 5 August.
If elections held today (expressed in Knesset seats)
Current Knesset seats in [brackets].
29 [27] Likud
25 [28] Kadima
16 [15] Yisrael Beiteinu
11 [13] Labor (Headed by Shelly Yacimovich)
13 [11] Shas
05 [05] Yahadut Hatorah
04 [04] Nat'l Union
04 [03] Meretz
03 [03] Jewish Home/NRP
09 [11] Arab parties
01 [00] Independence (Ehud Barak)
Who is most appropriate to me prime minister? Netanyahu, Livni, Liberman or Yacimovich?
Netanyahu 51% Livni 28% Liberman 17% Yacimovich 4%
And this, 71% pro-Netanyahu, from a few days ago.
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1 comment:
Its a social revolution, not a political one. People want costs reduced. That will probably happen. Inequality and injustice can be ameliorated but it will never disappear. No human society has ever eliminated human hardship.
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