Arik Sharon and the future
Everybody in Israel is on tenterhooks at the moment, wondering what will be the decision of Prime Minister Sharon, if he will stay with his Likud party or leave and start a new political party to run at the next elections. I have as little idea as everybody else to what his decision will be, but I would like to make a guess and hope that it will be a correct one. If Sharon stays with Likud he would be powerless for the next 4 years to make any decisions that would have a lasting affect on Israel's future. His hands would be tied to the likes of Yisrael Katz and other mediocre politicians who have been disrupting Sharons ability to run the country and also make terrible and useless decisions in their own fields that are made by what can only be political gain and popularity and or lack of proper understanding of matters that they are dealing with. Sharon would have to follow the line of those with other more hawkish policies which I do not believe he now agrees with. If Sharon creates a new political party, I believe there is a vast number of Israeli citizens that would want to vote for Sharon, seeing him as the only real leader that Israel has at the present time, and that he has vision and strength to advance Israel to a more secure and peaceful future. . It would mean that Israel's democratic process would offer an alternative that a great number of Israelis are desperately looking for. I believe Sharon is wise enough to make the right decision and steer away from the temptations and empty promises of those in Likud trying to entice him to stay in their party, and if its his decision to continue in political life and influence our country, I am sure he will break free and offer Israel a bright alternative to the grey clouds that seems to be looming over the political horizon.
I bet on Sharon to leave Likud!!!!!!
M.B.