| The colossus of Israel's Center-Right is
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| | playing field. If the Israelis cannot
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| no more. Sharon's cerebral hemorrhage,
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| | "get their act together" to follow Bush's
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| induced coma, and declared departure from
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| | Roadmap for Peace (i.e., land for peace),
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| Israel's political life have created a
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| | there will be consequences that neither
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| grave and vacuous ability for Israel to
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| | Israel nor the US wish to
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| carry on viable negotiations with either
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| | face-especially, at this time.
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| the Palestinians or other belligerents.
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| | Today's (January 5, 2006) super bowl
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| This assessment is more an international
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| | input meeting organized by the
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| impression and less an Israeli one;
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| | President-bringing scores of former
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| however, it is the international
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| | Secretaries of State and Defense together
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| community's perception that overwhelms.
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| | to discuss Middle East issues-did not
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| Successors are no where to be found
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| | circumvent Israel's political crisis.
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| compared with the stature and personality
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| | Rest assured that prickly pear was
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| of the "Bulldozer." PM stand-in, Ehud
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| | discussed: What to do after Sharon?
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| Olmert, the quintessential bureaucrat,
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| | Sharon's void must be filled. Time does
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| along with recently-rejected Labor
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| | not permit that luxury. This is precisely
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| leader, Shimon Peres-may try, but their
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| | why if Netanyahu by default ascends to
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| finest hour will not survive the
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| | the occasion, he will be getting a call
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| Humpty-Dumpty fall that Kadima
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| | from Washington posthaste. That exchange,
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| ("forward") sustained. Likewise, who
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| | you can be certain, will express the will
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| knows, heard and seen Labor's new choice:
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| | of the Presidency of the United States.
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| Amir Peretz? All we know is that he's a
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| | The Roadmap for Peace will be the express
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| flaming socialist!
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| | topic and staying its course will be the
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| That leaves Benjamin Netanyahu and the
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| | measurement of Presidential support
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| party which Sharon forsook, Likud.
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| | behind Israel's future leader.
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| Kicking off the New Year some 400 Likud
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| | Just as in each crisis the U.S. exacts
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| delegates championed the actions of a
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| | something from Israel (e.g., Israel
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| former leader of Likud, Menachem Begin:
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| | stayed out of the Gulf Wars); Israel then
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| Preemptively destroy Iran's all-too-clear
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| | extracts something from the U.S. (more
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| nuclear program-designed to "Wipe Israel
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| | military cooperation, hardware, etc.).
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| off the Map!"
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| | This provides a unique opportunity-or
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| Likud member, Ra'anana Deputy Mayor Uzi
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| | should we imply temptation-for Israel. Is
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| Cohen, expressed the overwhelming
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| | it time to go on the line and have the
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| majority of Likud members: "Bomb Iran's
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| | U.S., once and for all,
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| nuclear reactor before it is too late."
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| | guarantee-underwrite- Israel's peace? For
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| The echo from Iran's President Mahmoud
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| | Israel to comply with Bush's Roadmap-she
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| Ahmadinejad mirrored his holocaust
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| | will have her quid pro quo; she always
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| remarks-Sharon should die.
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| | does.
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| Converging upon the Middle East landscape
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| | The U.S. and Israel are being driven
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| are the Israeli March, 2006 elections,
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| | together by events and forces beyond
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| and Iran's nuclear bomb. Indifference is
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| | their immediate control. Iran's
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| not an option-either on the part of
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| | reprehensible threats, Islamic radicalism
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| Israel or the U.S.
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| | on her borders (Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic
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| Netanyahu's break with Sharon was
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| | Jihad), as well as throughout the region,
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| decisive-we will not back out of the
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| | and now political chaos in Israel-events
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| territories; we will not close one more
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| | have simply overtaken us.
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| settlement! For Netanyahu to "move to the
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| | It's time for the President of the United
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| center" and become more Sharon-like,
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| | States to make his move. Israel may have
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| might be a wise political decision, but a
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| | no choice but to swallow a bitter pill .
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| bitter pill to swallow-he is no heir
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| | . . in order to secure her survival by
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| apparent to Sharon; he abides his rival.
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| | the world's only super power. Indeed, it
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| In sum: Israel's infrastructure, systems,
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| | may appear bold, rude and even
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| military, ad nausea, ad infinitum, are
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| | insensitive to the Israelis-but who else
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| irrefutable, but her political leadership
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| | can get us back on the Road again?
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| is paralyzed by the current chaos created
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| | "He will cause to bear upon the many a
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| by Sharon's diminishing.
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| | covenant . . ." (Daniel 9:27).
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| This leads to the title of this
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| | Please see the four-part series on the
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| brevity-it is time for the President of
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| | U.S.
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| the United States of America to enter the
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