Appetite for Self-Destruction
If you followed the Israeli elections this week, you’re already aware that the actual victor is not Tzipi Livni or Bibi Netanyahu, but Avigdor Lieberman, a former nightclub bouncer from Moldova. He may have come in third place, but, as Lieberman never ceases to remind us, he’s going to determine Israel’s agenda.
I have my way with the right-wing MK in my latest editorial for France 24. Placing Israel Beiteinu‘s electoral appeal in the context of the failings of the Olmert government, I try and provide something other than the kinds of war-focused explanations currently being offered by the editorials I’ve read thus far.