[Thomas Friedman - NYT] Well, it's pretty clear now: Benjamin Netanyahu is going to be a major figure in Israeli history -- not because he's heading to become the longest-serving Israeli prime minister, but because he's heading to be the most impactful. Having won the Israeli elections -- in part by declaring that he will never permit a two state-solution between Israelis and Palestinians -- it means Netanyahu will be the father of the one-state solution. And the one-state solution means that Israel will become, in time, either a non-Jewish democracy or Jewish non-democracy.
Yes, sir, Bibi is going to make history. And the leader in the world who is most happy that Netanyahu ran on -- and won on -- a one-state solution is the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Oh, my goodness. They must have been doing high-fives and "Allahu akbars" all night in the ruling circles of Tehran when they saw how low Bibi sank to win. What better way to isolate Israel globally and deflect attention from Iran's behavior?
A near landslide election victory and the obvious will of the Israeli people are of little concern to the author, or other leftist progressives. |