Aluf Benn
Haaretz
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:35 EST
The senior minister spoke from experience: He has served in several governments and has taken part in the most secret forums, but always with the knowledge that the real decisions are made at the echelon above. As for the routine contentions of politicians and political science experts that it is difficult to rule in Israel because of the frequent crises and changes of government, he finds them ridiculous. On the contrary, he says, if anything, the government here is too strong.
This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrated this. He canceled the drought tax, rejected a plan to split the attorney general's job and froze the biometric-database bill. In all three cases, Netanyahu decided alone, and with one fell swoop did away with the efforts of other ministers and lawmakers.










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