Netanyahu
Politics is a dirty game, and many of the major successes of the last Knesset are quickly forgotten or misunderstood because of the red herrings spread by other parties or political rivals. Since Ariel Sharon's term as prime minister, Israel's economy has turned from almost total disaster, to a dynamic and thriving one. Tourists are returning, due to the fact that there is a better feeling of security. Israel's foreign policy has achieved incredible breakthroughs, and most of the world's leaders are on Israel's side.
Lets talk about economics. Binyamin Netanyahu was the catalyst that caused Israel's desperate economy to revert back to a prosperous one. Silvan Shalom was the minister of finance before Netanyahu, and he left office leaving Israel's economy in ashattered almost total loss condition. Netanyahu had to make difficult and unpopular decisions that would lead him into political wilderness, hated by the poor, and used as a scapegoat by the less gifted politicians looking to gain their political fame. I heard Avram Poraz from Shinui party talk on Israel morning TV today, and he himself said that Netanyahu was brave and courageous, and Israeli's have a lot to thank him for saving Israel's economy.
So Binyamin Netanyahu may not be popular with the voters, but I personally want to thank him for what he has achieved for Israel, and I hope that now his party is in opposition, the greedy hands of Peretz, Ishay and Eitan, the leaders of the Labor, Shas and the pensioner party will not milk our healthy growing economy. It may well be that when the next elections comes round, voters will pray for the skills that Netanyahu has so greatly and heroically shown, but who knows if there will be anybody able to rise to such a mighty challenge.