Israeli Government In A State Of ‘Collapse,’ Says Former U.S. Middle East Peace Envoy (Indyk)

[Purveyor]

By Madalena Araujo, CNN

Former U.S. Middle East peace envoy Martin Indyk told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday that the Israeli government has entered a state of “collapse.”

On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired two key ministers of his coalition cabinet and announced that he would call for parliament to be dissolved, paving the way for new elections.

“They [the government] started to come apart over the peace negotiations last year. But since then, with the war in Gaza and then the increased conflict in Jerusalem, there's been divergent responses to all of this, which has just created this, I think collapse is the best word for it, in the ability of the government to function,” Indyk, who is now Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy program at Brookings Institution, said.

“There is also a sense that this government wasn't able to function effectively, combined with right-wing parties and the center parties in this coalition were coming apart.”

Also at the heart of the rift is a divisive nationhood bill backed by right-wing members of the cabinet as well as Netanyahu, which was designed to give Arab Israelis individual rights, but not the “national” rights Jewish Israelis would have.

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[Purveyor]

1. Indyk’s Insidious Analysis

Opinion
By RUTHIE BLUM

The disbanding of the Israeli government this week is breathing new life into dead arguments from the American Left about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

One example worth noting is Christiane Amanpour’s “interview” with Brookings Institution foreign policy director Martin Indyk on Wednesday.

The reason for the quotation marks is that the exchange between the two celebrities, who owe their careers to the promotion of a twisted view of the Middle East, was more like a victory volley than a question-and-answer session on a serious topic on which both are touted as experts.

It is hard enough for Israeli voters to stomach the internal scramble for Knesset seats that will dominate the public sphere for the next three months without the added cacophony from abroad. That the noise from overseas is going to play into the hands of the Israeli Left, which is as adept at twisting the truth about the Jewish state as its international counterparts, makes it even more unbearable.

But, like Indyk’s take on the situation, it does has its advantages.

Indeed, if anyone can serve as a negative guage by which to measure a political climate, it is he. Oh, yes, and the think tank that has served as his cash-cow fallback whenever his peace-brokering between Israel and the Palestinians ends in abject failure. (You know, the research institute much of whose funding emanates from Qatar, where it has its “Overseas Center.”) One neat trick Indyk employs is referring to the peace camp in Israel as the “center.” This is not only false; it is also a complete misreading of the electorate.

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http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Indyks-insidious-analysis-383920

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2. Ruthie is an ultra-rightist fanatic.

Indyk has always been Israel's man. To suggest that he is a leftist or sympathetic to the left is the height of idiocy.

Indyk's analysis of the Israeli situation is wrong, but not for any of the nonsense in Ruthie's diatribe.

Netanyahu and the ultra right are going to come out of this with a clear mandate to continue the oppression of the Palestinians and the stealing of their land. Israel has lurched far to the right and that is not good for anyone.

[bemildred]

3. Israeli right-wing commentators tend to get otherworldly, and are VERY fond of purple prose.

They also tend to wallow in self-pity and belligerence a lot.

That Indyk is saying this is very interesting. And Biden was making comments about settlements. Sanctions were mentioned by someone. The government has collapsed. Bibi is trying to micro-manage everything to save his political career. It is not a pretty picture, and I worry about what Bibi might come up with to look "tough".

[shaayecanaan]

5. i like the bit where she implied that he did it for the money

as though pro?Israel think tanks were cash strapped compared to their Arab counterparts.

[bemildred]

6. I'm sure he is (and long has been) well taken care of, so yeah.

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She may be making a living out of it though, through "donations".

A lot of people are trying to make it with contributions on the web. It's going to be interesting to see how that works out.

[aquart]

4. Israel has a parliamentary system. "Collapse" is normal. Also hysterical hyperbole.

Also, three Jews and a typewriter equal five political parties.

Did some schmuck think we agree with each other?

[KoKo]

7. appreciate your opinion...but always good to read "The Other Side?"

No?

Open and Free MEDIA....let The People Decide? No?