Israel was today poised for its most right-wing government in decades after Binyamin Netanyahu was asked to be the country's next Prime Minister.
In a move that will cause huge disappointment in Washington, President Shimon Peres confirmed that he had asked the Likud leader, who finished a close second in the country's election, to build a coalition.
Giving an acceptance speech which did not mention the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process or a two-state solution, Mr Netanyahu instead placed much of his focus on Iran's enrichment of uranium.
If you haven't already started burying money in your backyard, and shelfloading necessities, and digging a bomb shelter, and hoarding gas, and planting a garden, Peacenik recommnends you do so...immediately. The Neo Con's Neo Con is now in charge in Israel. Netanyahu has already ramped up the anti-Iran rhetoric. Add a world war to the global depression and your talking....Peacenik doesn't know what word to use. Bad. Scary. Hopeless. Maybe even Doomsday. Can Obama reign in Bibi? Peacenik hopes so. Have a good weekend.
