Bibi won!

[C0ckney]

Your views require prejudice and hatred.

a classic case of projection.

[Hauldren Collider]

Actually Israel is mostly the useless land in the Negev. The West Bank as the name suggests is along the Jordan River.

That, plus the fact that you don't need to have fertile farmland to feed your people. I ate some bananas this morning that were grown in Brazil.

[I AM MOBIUS]

Nasser, 1967: "Taking over Sharm El Sheikh meant confrontation with Israel. It also means that we ready to enter a general war with Israel. It was not a separate operation"

Sharm El Sheikh is in Egypt, you nitwit.

Also, he could just as easily be saying that Egypt was prepared to defend itself from Israeli aggression.

Please provide the context for this quote.

Also here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controv...stified_attack

Also, the reason for the Egyptian deployment was the Soviet misinformation campaign which claimed that it was Israel that was intending to attack Egypt, so no wonder the build up in Sinai, especially after Suez...

Israel the victim...? Do me a favour!

[onejayhawk]

Sharm El Sheikh is in Egypt, you nitwit.

Also, he could just as easily be saying that Egypt was prepared to defend itself from Israeli aggression.

Please provide the context for this quote.

Also here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controv...stified_attack

Also, the reason for the Egyptian deployment was the Soviet misinformation campaign which claimed that it was Israel that was intending to attack Egypt, so no wonder the build up in Sinai, especially after Suez...

Israel the victim...? Do me a favour!

It's no laughing matter.

The balance of forces appeared extreme before the conflict. The scope of the Israeli victory is historic, on par with Marathon, San Jacinto and Midway. It is almost impossible to game the actual outcome. Before the battle, an analyst would have said that Egypt and Syria had Israel bent over a table. Given the history of the war to that point, destruction of the state was immanent. I would not choose the word victim, but it is not out of place. Alternatively, consider 1972, where the Arab states did launch an attack.

To reach your position, one must begin with the assumption that destroying Israel is a good thing. This is the standard meme in the United Nations, among other places, so you have company.

J

[DinoDoc]

Israel the victim...? Do me a favour!

Israel wasn't the victim in the 6 Day War. It was merely the one that shot 1st in a situation where all sides were making preparations to attack.

[Imran Siddiqui]

So... this just got a bit interesting..

http://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-netanyahu-close-to-cementing-right-wing-coalition-government-1430913960

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raced Wednesday against a midnight deadline to form a ruling coalition that would allow him to continue as the country’s leader.

With only hours to go, Mr. Netanyahu was trying to secure a commitment from Jewish Home, a pro-settler party that has made demands for more ministerial posts. Those demands came after the nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party on Monday said it would not join Mr. Netanyahu’s government.

Even if Mr. Netanyahu succeeds in cobbling together a majority, it is expected to compose just 61-seats, leaving Mr. Netanyahu with almost no margin for error in the 120-seat Knesset.

Supposedly Jewish Home wants the Justice Minister position to join the coalition. Bibi basically has to give it to them, or else he loses his chance to form a coalition (and loses the chance to be PM again - unless they have to do a new election)

[Hauldren Collider]

So... this just got a bit interesting..

http://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-netanyahu-close-to-cementing-right-wing-coalition-government-1430913960

Supposedly Jewish Home wants the Justice Minister position to join the coalition. Bibi basically has to give it to them, or else he loses his chance to form a coalition (and loses the chance to be PM again - unless they have to do a new election)

This is not as big a deal as it seems, Imran. Basically what forced the election in the first place was Lieberman leaving the coalition, which would have left 61 MKs then too. The coalition will be fragile, but Netanyahu's not likely to lose power, even if there is a new election. I think it's more likely Likud would just gobble up even more of the smaller right-wing parties (incidentally bringing them leftward in the process).