Excerpts;
“The problem is that the more one analyzes Sharon’s actions and behavior, the more one is led to the conclusion that the national interest is not what motivates the prime minister. Rather Sharon is motivated by his personal interests.”
“For Sharon, as for his comrade Shimon Peres, a principal motivator seems to be his biological clock. The urge to determine Israel’s national borders cannot be the function of a rational analysis of regional realities at a time when all of our neighbors are in flux and none of their societies accepts Israel’s right to exist within any borders. For a gerontocracy like the Sharon-Peres government, an overwhelming urge seems to be to clean the slate before the old men make their final exits. ”
“Aside from that, Minister Tzahi Hanegbi’s decision to bolt Likud and join Kadima just hours before the police announced their intention to recommend to the state attorney that he be indicted on corruption charges points to yet another factor motivating Sharon and his comrades in his new party. This motive was first openly exposed in July 2003 when then attorney-general Elyakim Rubinstein admitted that he was delaying the criminal probes relating to Sharon to enable Sharon to advance his peace initiatives. Today, when Sharon’s son, MK Omri Sharon, a convicted felon, is running for Knesset and managing his father’s campaign as he awaits sentencing for his crimes, it is hard to escape the impression that Kadima serves more as a refuge for fugitives from justice and restless old men than a political party whose purpose is to advance the national interests of a country at war.”
“In light of the uncertainty of Washington’s long-term commitment to the war on Arab terror and given the instability of the Arab world in general and of Iraq and the Palestinians in particular, Israel is in dire need of a leadership with fortitude to weather long storms – a leadership unfettered by biological clocks and criminal entanglements.”
Commentary:
The inclusion of this Caroline Glick article as pertinent to the expulsion is basically predicated upon the discussion, in the last part of the article — the part quoted here. Glick’s comments here add further credence to this author’s assertions, and those of many others for nearly two years, that “national interest is not what motivates the prime minister.” MB