Those who support Israel from a distance may not be aware of the internal politics taking place inside the nation. Caroline Glick writes of Tzipi Livni, the leader of the Katima party, the political party which opposes Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Likud party. It's breathtaking to become aware of how dangerous and destructive and anti-Israel are Livni's far left policies. Glick writes:
Since taking the helm of the opposition, Livni has never been willing to recognize that foreign attacks on Netanyahu are quite often attacks on Israel.
Rather than acknowledge that attacks on the legitimacy of the democratically elected government of her country are attacks on her country, Livni has viewed every attack on Netanyahu as an opportunity to weaken his government.
In this vein, Livni has consistently sided with Obama, the Palestinians and the international Left against Netanyahu, and blamed Netanyahu for their attacks on Israel. For instance, when during his visit to the US in May, Netanyahu rejected Obama's hostile call for Israel to retreat to the indefensible 1949 armistice lines, Livni defended Obama as a friend of Israel and accused Netanyahu of harming Israel's ties to the US. Indeed, Livni called for Netanyahu to resign. [more ...]