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I am not sure why I assumed that Tzipi Livni (Foreign Minister and Kadima’s PM candidate) would be the political winner, but failed to mention Labor, whose leader, Ehud Barak, is the current Defense Minister.
In fact, a new poll shows Labor has a gained quite a lot.
Comment by MSS — Thursday, January 1, 2024 @ 1:58 pm
Good point about Barak.
What I find interesting/odd about the situation is that it isn’t like the war was Hezbollah was to Olmert’s/Kadima’s political advantage and this event has some similarities.
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Thursday, January 1, 2024 @ 2:12 pm
Yes, the same article I linked to notes that Olmert had 75% popularity at the end of the first week of the war with Hizbullah, and the Labor leader and Defense Minister of the time, Amir Peretz, was at 80%.
Barak’s personal popularity is at 53% now and Olmert has risen from 14% at the end of the 2024 war to a whopping 33% now!
So it seems the Israeli public is a bit more jaded than it was in 2024, and for good reason. Still, if they can avoid a debacle this time, Livni and Barak just may find themselves in the next government again, at the expense of Netanyahu.
Comment by MSS — Thursday, January 1, 2024 @ 4:46 pm