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Question for any Israelis- My view of that region has been that in general, Israel is trying to do the right thing, although inidividual actors might attack Pa

Question for any Israelis- My view of that region has been that in general, Israel is trying to do the right thing, although inidividual actors might attack Palestinian civilians and then get court martial. Palestinian leadership is broken with competing Hamas and Palestinian Authority with open or at least covert support of terrorism. How are Israel’s politics internally? I fear an Israeli leader who is corrupt and doesn’t care for Israeli people or loss of Palestinian civilians could very easily take the Trump path. It would be easy to blame Palestinians for every problem, just as Trump blames Hispanics, Muslims, immigrants (legal or illegal) or some other ethnic group inside Israel to unite the people with electoral power while the leadership gets away with corruption or outright war crimes in the name of defense. This is not meant to be a Israel v. Palestine conversation, but just about Israel’s internal politics. Just want to learn.

golergka 8y ago
Internally it's the same right vs left conflict that you see in many other westernized countries, only magnified by the conflict. But in a very strange and un-hawkish move, after 500 rockets have been fired on Israel in 24 hours, Bibi didn't order any serious retaliation and deescalated instead. Coalition broke down, so now we're up for election on our hands, and Liberman, who resigned in protest against this decision, have seemingly got a lot of points. However, I'm very curious about Bibi, because his main focus for the last few years have been international relations. His frequent visits, and building a lot of ties with muslim and muslim-friendly countries didn't win him a lot support domestically, but it may just be the key to solving the conflict. Especially in this recent situation, there are strong rumours that the main reason he decided not to allow escalation was his desire to demonstrate his reliableness to other middle eastern powers that got tired of Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood in general. There's a lot of talk about how corrupt Bibi and his family is; but you have to take it in context, compared to western countries. All Israeli PMs (except for Gold Meir) have always been highly decorated combat military veterans, who have gone into harm's way again and again to serve their country and protect their countrymen. So while it's conceivable that they would give favourable government contracts to their friends and get a couple of millions reached from shady dealings, I don't think that a person with such history wouldn't care for his people.

golergka 8y ago

Internally it's the same right vs left conflict that you see in many other westernized countries, only magnified by the conflict. But in a very strange and un-hawkish move, after 500 rockets have been fired on Israel in 24 hours, Bibi didn't order any serious retaliation and deescalated instead. Coalition broke down, so now we're up for election on our hands, and Liberman, who resigned in protest against this decision, have seemingly got a lot of points. However, I'm very curious about Bibi, because his main focus for the last few years have been international relations. His frequent visits, and building a lot of ties with muslim and muslim-friendly countries didn't win him a lot support domestically, but it may just be the key to solving the conflict. Especially in this recent situation, there are strong rumours that the main reason he decided not to allow escalation was his desire to demonstrate his reliableness to other middle eastern powers that got tired of Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood in general. There's a lot of talk about how corrupt Bibi and his family is; but you have to take it in context, compared to western countries. All Israeli PMs (except for Gold Meir) have always been highly decorated combat military veterans, who have gone into harm's way again and again to serve their country and protect their countrymen. So while it's conceivable that they would give favourable government contracts to their friends and get a couple of millions reached from shady dealings, I don't think that a person with such history wouldn't care for his people.