Hawk rising

[mahnmut]

Israel is going to have more of the same for the next 4 yaers, it seems: from deep freezing of the peace negotiations with the Palestinians, to a hard stance on the ongoing tedious negotiations about Iran's nuclear program, to additional tensions with Obama's administration and the EU.

Rather than turning a new page (as most forecasts suggested),

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[kylinrouge]

Wait, Israel literally has a party called the Zionist Union? And it's the Leftist Party?! And the Bibi party won?!

Israel... y u do this...

[ddstory]

So actually nothing new is going to be happening in Israel for the next few years.

Can you imagine how shocked I am right now?

[telemann]

Hm.

Given what's happened over the last three weeks, my worst fear is what would happen if Bibi says "Screw the Iranian deal that's being brokered by the United States," because no one is going to threaten the security of Israel, and if he thinks Iran is getting close to obtaining atomic weapons, and then launches a unilateral pre-emptive air strike on Iran. And his walking back his earlier statements about not supporting a two state solution, how cynical. Right out of the Frank Luntz playbook.

What a mess.

[kylinrouge]

he thinks Iran is getting close to obtaining atomic weapons,

Since 1992, yes. Or maybe even the 80s.

and then launches a unilateral pre-emptive air strike on Iran.

He's not that dumb.

[telemann]

He's not that dumb.

Considering what he said prior to the election, I think it's quite possible that he is that dumb.

[kylinrouge]

The same stuff he's been saying for decades. Sometimes when someone cries wolf too many times...

[abomvubuso]

This just in:

Report: Israel spied on Iran nuke negotiations

[underlankers]

Not that anyone should be surprised an unreconstructed terrorist movement that elects murderers like Begin would double down on what's ultimately self-destructive for Israel. The only reason that state will keep on trucking for a long time to come is its 400 or so illegal nukes.

[mahnmut]

And to think that SA almost acquired nukes from those guys. But then it quit them in time. Go figure.

[underlankers]

It's to the credit of South Africa that it's the only state to actually have the atomic bomb and then give it up once it possessed it.

[telemann]

Absolutely, it's a tremendous credit..

Gratefully so did Sweden, Brazil and Argentina and listened to sanity by giving up their nuclear weapons programs.