Arkady's Thoughts

Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu is a leader worthy of admiration and respect. He speaks with moral clarity, conviction and honesty that appears to be missing from modern day politicians. Bibi correctly assaults the UN for supporting and condoning Mahmoud Wackajob's Holocaust-denying anti-Semitic rhetoric while commending US/Canada for walking out. Unfortunately Bibi used up his precious time to prove to the incompetent UN council to prove that the Holocaust indeed happened by citing documents and "proof". Perhaps debate has withered to such an alarmingly degrading common denominator where we must actually challenge Holocaust. This of course brings a much more important question and one that Bibi raises. If the UN charter has turned into a "mockery" then perhaps we should seriously reconsider our involvement and funding of this organization. We are the chief contributors to UN yet the advantage we yield from pouring money into this cesspool of hate. They were i...

I have been following Israeli elections with an interest this year because of the increased pressure that Obama will put on that little country. Obama's 7 person delegation to Durban II is already an extremely distressing sign that he might rescind his commitment to Israel - not like that should be a huge surprise to anyone. Bibi gets the nod . Despite Bibi's perceived radicalism and refusal to negotiate with almost anyone, like I said before this is a wonderful development and largely boosted by the leader of Yisrael Beiteinu (Avigdor Lieberman) who finally broke silence and stood behind Netanyahu. Israel needs a fiscally conservative strong minded leader, now more than ever. While I always think a country needs to be run by fiscal conservatives, in times of need and global hardship these types of leaders are paramount. I just wish Americans understood that before election Mr. Hope and Change, lets just hope Bibi does not piss off our new fragile leader or there goes that 30...

I am not an expert on Israeli elections, but suffice it to say that the process is far more complicated than it is here. Israel has numerous parties many of whom have seats in the Knesset. Israelis go to the voting booths and select a party, not any particular individual politician like we do here. Because no party can ever win a majority, they form coalitions and then pick their PM. As you may have heard Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu was a very likely PM choice just a short two weeks ago. As it is with politics things have changed dramatically and now it seems like the centrist party had edged Bibi out. I won't lie to you, I am all for Bibi and I think Israel needs him. He is a strong conservative, he will not negotiate with terrorists and will respect and use the IDF correctly. More importantly however he is a fiscal conservative. As finance minister he has reportedly done wonders in the banking sector and dramatically improved the GDP of Israel. I cannot stress the paramo...