The political scene is buzzing today as the Likud announced that former Science Minister Benny Begin, the son of the late Likud leader Menahem Begin, would be making his comeback to politics and rejoining the Likud.

Shunning preferential treatment, Begin apparently did not ask for a slot on the Likud list to be reserved for him, preferring instead to campaign in the upcoming primaries. This decision fits in neatly with Begin’s image as an old-school, clean-cut incorruptible politician, the man who took the bus to work at the Knesset, and not a government Volvo. Continue reading →