Benjamin Netanyahu, the designated Israeli prime minister, has struck a coalition deal with the Yisrael Beitenu party, naming Avigdor Lieberman as Israel’s new Foreign Minister.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/03/200931644830994751.html
Avigdor Lieberman is a fascist who lives in a Jewish settlement the West Bank. All Jewish settlements on Palestinian land are roadblocks to an eventual two-state solution and eventual peace.
Lieberman has called for Israel to redraw its borders to expand Israel into Arab lands. He has called Arabs living in Israel a “fifth column” of Israel’s enemies and demanded that they should take “loyalty oaths” and those who refuse should be stripped of their citizenship.
Anyone hoping for peace in the middle east should note that Lieberman’s appointment just pushed the peace process back a decade. And this is what Israel’s democracy voted for. Israel does not want peace and has made it clear by voting a fascist into office.
At this point, the only possibility I can see for derailing this nightmare is if Livni’s party can cause the coalition to split somehow and force a new round of elections before the current coalition does too much damage..It would be the best worst case solution in a place where there are no best case solutions.
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