{"id":347,"date":"2005-12-05T08:49:13","date_gmt":"2005-12-05T08:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/05\/overnight-election-political-madness\/"},"modified":"2005-12-05T08:53:46","modified_gmt":"2005-12-05T08:53:46","slug":"overnight-election-political-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/05\/overnight-election-political-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight Election Political Madness &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-3179301,00.html\"><strong>Iran Threatens Counter-Strike<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says recent Israeli statements on Iran&#8217;s nuclear project show Israeli government is frustrated from failure to bring international community to pressure Iran: &#8216;Zionist authorities are well aware that if they make a foolish mistake against Iran, Iran&#8217;s harsh response will be destructive and determined'&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>This blog does not normally cover or comment on items such as the Iran Nuke situation<\/strong> as it is an issue totally separate from the expulsion or it&#8217;s implications and consequences.  However,<strong> in light of the possible directions this election campaign might take, don&#8217;t discount the possibility of a Sharon &#8220;March Surprise&#8221; attack on Iran&#8217;s Nuke Reactor(s) in the weeks before the vote.    MB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news.php3?id=94206\"><strong>Olmert Wants Silvan Shalom to Head Likud<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Olmert, who serves as Israel&#8217;s finance minister, denied charges he was meddling in Likud politics in order to support a candidate amenable to Sharon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;A sure as Hashem made little green apples and it don&#8217;t rain in Indianapolis in the summertime &#8230;&#8221; Olmert is meddling or more in Likud politics.   MB <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1132475684334&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\"><strong>Landau to Quit Likud Primary Race<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Likud MK Uzi Landau decided on Monday to quit the Likud primary race. In a press conference called for 11:30 am Monday, Landau will make the official announcement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Likud sources told Army Radio that they expect Landau to support frontrunner Binyamin Netanyahu for party leader.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the past 24 hours, sources close to Landau have denied reports that he intended to quit, but had ceased protesting on Monday morning.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>If Landau does, in fact, quit, who does his support go to;  Bibi, Shalom, Mofaz, etc.? Possible that there&#8217;s a deal in works with Feiglin?  Or is this news planted by Kadima, or Kadima moles in Likud to sabotage Landau?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yisrael Katz apparently thinks that the Landau quitting report is real<br \/>\nand thinks that Landau voters will vote for him;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news.php3?id=94209\"><strong>Yisrael Katz Says Landau Supporters Will Vote for Him<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I can&#8217;t see how, and here&#8217;s why;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article Excerpt #1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Katz said the he remains &#8216;the only candidate for head of the Likud who voted consistently against the disengagement plan.&#8217;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article Excerpt #2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;After the cabinet approved the disengagement plan, MK Uzi Landau resigned from the government and set up a faction of Likud loyalists opposed to the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Katz voted against the plan, but remained a member of Sharon&#8217;s government, serving as minister of agriculture.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Katz is full of baloney! <strong>The last part of the second excerpt speaks for itself.<\/strong>   One more thing to consider, although this author puts no credence in the polls, the fact is that <strong>Yisrael Katz has consistently polled 1%.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong> Landau&#8217;s natural ally would seem more likely to be Moshe Feiglin and his Manhigut Yehudit &#8212; Jewish Leadership faction of Likud.  MB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news.php3?id=94204\"><strong>Rabbi Yosef to Take an Active Role in Shas Campaign<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran Threatens Counter-Strike Excerpt: &#8220;Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says recent Israeli statements on Iran&#8217;s nuclear project show Israeli government is frustrated from failure to bring international community to pressure Iran: &#8216;Zionist authorities are well aware that if they make a foolish mistake against Iran, Iran&#8217;s harsh response will be destructive and determined&#8217;&#8221; This blog does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}