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Friday May 24, 2013
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In political masterstroke, example of outside the box thinking
Shaul Mofaz and Benjamin Netanyahu vexed all those who tried pushing them into a no-win situation. Instead, they provided a solution by redefining the problem. They pulled the plug, they changed the rules, and they won.
 
Ariel Shmidberg | While you were sleeping ...
Politically speaking, this was nothing less than a perfect move. But what this says about the public virtues of our leaders is a different story.
 
Isi Leibler | Unity government — opportunities and dangers
The move toward a unity government, if mishandled, could spell the end of Netanyahu's flourishing career.
MK Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich | A unity government to unite the people
The true flip-floppers in this scenario are the journalists who say one thing on Sunday and the opposite on Friday.
Avi Shilon | Political Absurdistan
Our political system has no lack of new parties, but there is a lack of people capable of implementing their ideas.
Dan Margalit | A risk and an opportunity
Hindsight is 20/20 and at the end of the day we will know if Mofaz's gamble was worth it.
Poll: Netanyahu gains strength after coalition deal
Israel Hayom poll shows 39.8% of public favors Netanyahu as next PM; Labor's Yachimovich second with 11.3%, Lieberman takes biggest hit at 4.2% • 39.6% approve of unity government, 31.9% dissaprove.
Elliott Abrams | The reconstitution of Likud
Should Netanyahu decide to move forward on an Iran attack, having Kadima and Mofaz on his side will be of great value.
Play by play: Inside the secret coalition agreement
The idea of a unity government was first floated among senior Kadima members several weeks ago, when members of Mofaz's entourage began to understood that the party's odds of surviving the elections were diminishing.
Mati Tuchfeld | A brilliant maneuver or a dirty trick?
A thin line divides a brilliant maneuver from a dirty underhanded trick.
Lapid promises to pick up Kadima's seats in next elections
Speaking to the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly in Atlanta, Lapid says "Not everything that happened in the last 24 hours is wrong. Kadima has come back to be what it actually always has been, which is part of the Likud."
Adi Arbel | A new political era
The simple and effective solution to Israel's governance problem would be enormously difficult to instate.
Moody's downgrades Israel's banking outlook to negative
Over the 12-18 month outlook period, Moody's Investors Service expects that credit risks in Israel "will remain elevated because of the banks' concentrated loan exposures to highly leveraged Israeli conglomerates."
Mofaz: Faux Pas
Just weeks before he embraced a political rival physically and politically, Mofaz was tongue lashing the prime minister in the harshest way • "Liar," "evil," and "despicable" are a few of the choice epithets Mofaz used to describe Netanyahu.
WATCH: Biden tells US rabbis: We have stood up for Israel
As keynote speaker at annual conference of Rabbinical Assembly in Atlanta, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden vows "to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons by whatever means we need. Period."
Elliott Abrams | Biden politicizes Iran policy
The U.S. had already achieved a substantial international consensus against Iran before U.S. Vice President Joe Biden left the Senate to ascend to his august post.
Defunct Palestinian airline to renew flights to Jordan, Egypt
Palestinian Airlines, which stopped flight operations in 2001 during Second Intifada, announces it will reactivate twice-weekly flights to Amman and El-Arish • Company hopes to ease burden of travel for Palestinians in Gaza who want to get to Jordan.
Kadima MKs back unity deal, but Livni faction may still split
Kadima MKs voted unanimously to join the government • Some still loyal to Livni however may decide to split the party • Coalition Chairman MK Zeev Elkin (Likud): This government will be able to pass an alternative to the Tal Law.
Opposition parties scramble to crown a leader
Ra'am Ta'al, Meretz suggest Meretz Chairwoman Zahava Gal-On as opposition leader instead of Labor Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich • Knesset Speaker worried that small opposition facing expanded coalition of 94 MKs may damage parliamentary system.
PM calls on Abbas to 'recognize opportunity' to renew talks
Palestinian Authority encourages Netanyahu to "use the broad coalition to expedite peace negotiations" • White House spokesperson says "new coalition ... certainly will not affect our policy approach."
Mideast conference on WMDs in jeopardy as US defends Israel
Hopes dimming for staging major nuclear talks this year between Israel and Muslim rivals, as Iran and Arab countries at conference accuse Israel of being greatest threat to peace in region • Egypt warns Arab states may rethink opposition to atomic arms.
Protesters hit streets again: 'The entire nation is the opposition'
In protest of new Likud–Kadima unity government, hundreds demonstrate in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beersheba • Seven protesters arrested in Tel Aviv • "Like thieves in the night, the prime minister and opposition leader met last night to steal our country."
Spectacular discovery sheds light on King David's Israelites
Excavation provides evidence that the Israelite inhabitants of Khirbet Qeiyafa, near Jerusalem, practiced different ritual customs than those of the Canaanites or the Philistines.
Beloved, controversial, children's author Maurice Sendak dies at 83
Sendak's friend playwright Tony Kushner describes the irreverent plots of his books as the "Jewish way of getting through life. You acknowledge what is spectacular and beautiful and also you don't close your eyes to the pain and the difficulty."