© Ammar Awad/ReutersIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) holds a joint news conference with Shaul Mofaz, head of the Kadima party at parliament in Jerusalem May 8, 2012.
Israel's high-flying governing coalition crashed to Earth on Tuesday barely two months after getting off the ground, unable to agree on a formula for conscripting the country's ultra-Orthodox into the military. With the resignation of Shaul Mofaz as Deputy Prime Minister and the loss of his Kadima party's 28 parliamentary seats, out went the chances for formative changes in the country and the region.
When Mr. Mofaz, a former defence minister and military chief of staff, took the unexpected step of joining the right-of-centre coalition, giving the government of Benjamin Netanyahu 94 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, the Prime Minister promised three things in return: The wholesale exemptions from conscription given to the Haredim would be abolished; the electoral process would be reformed to make it harder for small parties to be elected; and there would be a new effort to advance a peace agreement with Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza.
With such numerical superiority, the way seemed clear for the government to pass such measures without worrying about opposition from smaller right-wing and religious parties inside the coalition.
The much-heralded unity government was all for naught, it seems.
"Netanyahu has chosen to side with the draft-dodgers," Mr. Mofaz said Tuesday, announcing Kadima's withdrawal from the government.
Comment: Jay carney's statement sounds a little preplanned. "The window is closing, we need to take action in a unified way to help bring about the transition that the Syrian people so deserve," White House spokesman Jay Carney said at a news conference.
It seems if it wasn't planned that he would have said ..bring about transition vs. the transition. And deserve? What do the Syrian people deserve? The same dish of Democracy that's been served up to the people of Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya? These wars have not been about justice or truth, just more lies and propaganda.
With Penetta saying the situation is deteriorating, does he mean improving? The US Empire is only getting what it wants, so who is the situation deteriorating for?
Going down the checklist the next series of Psyops and Propaganda to be pushed is likely Iran. Of course there will likely be some side skirmish so the obvious next target (Iran) doesn't look so obvious. This is World War, just in slow motion (for now). Do you know which side you stand on, creation or entropy?