Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Building an alternative

Gadi Taub è una delle intelligenze più lucide della sinistra italiana
(ecco il suo blog: 
http://www.gaditaub.com/eblog/
 ), In questo
editoriale spiega perché c'è poco da preoccuparsi per una eventuale
governo Netanyahu, che anzi può essere una opportunità per Kadima
Building an alternative
Kadima should promote notion that alternative to settlers is
partition, not ‘peace’
We can turn off the alarms. Netanyahu will not lead us to the abyss of
radical rightist policy, because such policy is impossible. A narrow
right-wing government will not revoke the citizenship of Arab-
Israelis, it will not bomb Iran tomorrow morning, it will not reoccupy
Gaza, it won’t be able to rebuff the Road Map, and we can assume that
under Obama’s close watch it won’t be able to boost the settlement
enterprise.
Such government will be able to adopt rightist economy policies, and
will likely do so in any case, because for Netanyahu this is a
religion. A broad government with Kadima won’t hinder Netanyahu’s
economy, because Kadima does not present the kind of left-leaning
policy adopted by most of the world at this time. That is, Kadima
joining the government would not change its policy too much, but
rather, only serve to provide it with a fig leaf.
Instead of Netanyahu facing his voters and the radical makeup of his
party and telling them the truth – that all the Qassams in the world
won’t return the Greater Land of Israel – with Kadima in his
government he will be able to use Likud to curb any attempt to move in
the direction of partition, while also keeping the radical Right in
his party under his wings.
In that case, in the next round of elections, which is apparently not
too far, the Likud will again be able to wax poetic using hawkish
rightist language, saying it could have realized its vision had it not
been hindered by Kadima’s moderates. In other words, Kadima joining a
paralysis government will not pervert the paralysis, but rather, shift
the blame for it to Kadima.
Meanwhile, as opposition leader, Kadima would be able to prevent both
Meretz and Labor party doves from portraying themselves as the only
alternative to the Right. The truth is that the alternative to the
settlers at this time is not “peace,” but rather, a drive for
partition even without peace.
A long time passed until the voters sobered up from the deception of
negotiations, and it would be very bad to bring back the illusion that
a deal is just around the corner. Under guise of this just-around-the-
corner, the settlement enterprise keeps growing and the following
decisive fact is fading: In order to save Zionism from bi-nationalism,
we shall apparently have to force the partition of the land on a
refusing partner.
Public rejects old division
Kadima in the opposition will also ensure that Labor stays there. This
is also a good thing. Ehud Barak must be kept away from the Defense
Ministry and from the leadership of the Labor party. He contributed
nothing to withdrawing from the territories and did nothing to
evacuate unauthorized outposts.
He did distance voters from Labor, and now he is watering down the
results of the Gaza operation, because he is allowing the aggressive
policy vis-à-vis Hamas to dissipate into a feeble war of attrition. On
this front, Likud hawks may actually do better: Deterrence is not
secured via sophisticated zigzags, but rather, with determination that
does not tolerate any attempts to get smart.
And lastly: Kadima scored an impressive accomplishment even though the
commentators declared that it is a “refugee camp.” The achievement
stems from deep reasons. Most of the public rejected the old division
between the “Peace Camp” and the “Settlement Camp.” It does not want
partition to be a captive in the hands of the settlers on the one hand
and Mahmoud Abbas on the other.
Kadima needs time to formulate this position and sharpen it, while
building party institutions. It also needs to clean itself up from
corruption, partition refuseniks, and people who joined it just to get
on the bandwagon. All of this is needed in order to stabilize the
political Center. There will be no way to do this under Netanyahu,
should Kadima choose government seats at the expense of its
ideological path.
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 Gadi Taub è una delle intelligenze più lucide della sinistra italiana
italiana?