Livni: The Hawk or The Opportunist?

So Tzipi Livni says we need to bomb Gaza. Wow, she is turned into such a hawk. Clearly concerned with the well-being of citizens of Sderot and Ashkelon, Livni has had enough of the constant Qassam missile barrage on Israeli cities and views force as teh only option in solving the problem. She has even criticized Defense Minister and fellow PM wannabe Ehud Barak for not being aggressive enough.

According to a report in Haaretz: "The barbed comments came after Livni put out a statement Saturday night, following a weekend in which Palestinians fired nine Qassam rockets and several rounds of mortar shells from the Gaza Strip, saying Israel should "respond with fire" to the shelling and calling on the government to reassess the lull. A meeting will take place Wednesday to discuss the matter."

Just one question for Tzipi; Where have you been the last few years? Aren't you the FOREIGN MINISTER? Hello????

Once Again Jew Banishes Jew

With terror groups feeling empowered by last week's Mumbai attacks, and busy preparing their next attack on Jewish targets, the Israeli minister of Defense and PM wannabe Ehud Barak feels that the real enemy of Israel are its own citizens. That's why he has ordered more than 2,000 policemen and soldiers to evacuate Bet Hashalom in the holy city of Hebron.

According to the Jpost.com: "Minutes after police entered the building, protesters began to come out. Some walked out, while others were dragged or carried by security forces. Demonstrators at the scene said that at least ten people had been injured just ten minutes into the operation. Channel 10 reported that one person had been seriously wounded."

The fact that this building was purchased legally and the buyer was never given a chance by the activist Israeli Supreme Court to prove his acquisition didn't seem to sway Barak. Clearly trying to shore up waning support, ironic that he is doing the evacuation on the day of the Labor party primaries, Barak is flexing his muscles against his own people. And we wonder why the Jewish people keep facing more and more tragedy.

According to Barak and his cronies, Jews are not allowed to purchase property in their own country and evacuating these ideologues is more important than stopping missile attacks on Israeli cities like Sderot. Is that warped thinking or what?

Israeli PM Hopefuls and Economic Policy

The Israeli business daily Calcalist (sorry but article in only in Hebrew) has a really interesting article today. The paper posted various economic questiopns to the 3 Israeli Prime Minister hopefuls, Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Barak spent most of his time pleading for a greater role for government in the economy. From raising taxes, to ending budget discipline by advocating more and more government spending. He spoke about "piggish capitalism" and the need to end it, and a new focus on social and economic justice (Code words for Socialism?) I guess he knows about the evils of capitalism, buying a multi-million dollar apartment and making millions in speaking fees and as a large investor in an Israeli satellite company that went public. Hypocrite?

Livni, as she is capable of doing, basically said nothing. She spoke about the status quo and continuing need to grow the economy. She did blame the pension mess on Netanyahu. Funny didn't she vote for his reforms? Sounds a lot like her Lebanon fiasco. Blame the other guy even though you had responsibility in it.

Netanyahu basically, reiterated his calls fro lower taxes as the foundation to any economic recovery. He also stressed the need for education reform and said that he is the most qualified to lead this type of reform as he already led the economic reform that basically saved Israel from economic collapse. He also called for investing in infrastructure, roads and highways.

It's no secret that I am a fan of tax cuts and that we need much less government intrusion into our lives. Based on those principles it would seem at first glance that Netanyahu has the strongest economic policy.