In any normal country, a foreign minister withholding his support from the prime minister's major diplomatic initiative would be swiftly removed from his post. But this is Israel we're talking about, and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom is among three Likud ministers - Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Limor Livnat being the otehr two - holding out before deciding whether they will support Sharon's revised disengagement plan. I guess all three aren't thinking about what is best for Israel, but rather who will be king of the mountain the day after Sharon is no longer prime minister.
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Fire the foreign minister!
In any normal country, a foreign minister withholding his support from the prime minister's major diplomatic initiative would be swiftly removed from his post. But this is Israel we're talking about, and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom is among three Likud ministers - Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Limor Livnat being the otehr two - holding out before deciding whether they will support Sharon's revised disengagement plan. I guess all three aren't thinking about what is best for Israel, but rather who will be king of the mountain the day after Sharon is no longer prime minister.
