The Consequences of Netanyahu's Victory

The Consequences of Netanyahu's Victory

Lawrence Davidson - CounterPunch

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/23/the-consequences-of-netanyahus-victory/

... The sad truth is that the present leaders of the mainstream Jewish community in the U.S. have long favored the Likud leadership in Israel. Some of these Jewish leaders believe that tough-minded Likudniks are the best hedge against the "inevitable" next Holocaust, while others will back whoever is in charge because they are ideologically fixated on Israel as their cause celebre. Thus, all of them are no doubt pleased with Netanyahu's return to power ... Undermining peace, promoting oppression, assuring poverty, fostering racism, playing on people's fears and interfering in the domestic affairs of other countries - none of this can be good for the rest of us. Clearly, Benjamin Netanyahu is bad news for the world at large.