News coming out today from the Prime Minister’s Office could lead one to believe that the atmosphere inside the most important and sensitive office in the country is on the chaotic side of late.
Firstly, the sensational story about alleged harrassment by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau chief Nathan Eshel. Continue reading
The job that frontrunners Tzipi Livni and Binyamin Netanyahu are vying for today has to be the most difficult, high pressurized job on the planet. Ahead of Israel’s fifth general elections in ten years, one wonders what kind of person would actually want to be Israeli Prime Minister.
The person in that job carries on his or her shoulders the fate of a good part of the Jewish people — no more, no less. It’s a job in which miscalculations, even honest, well meaning ones, can lead to the loss of many of lives. It means having to withstand huge pressures from abroad, and relentless machinations and complaints from within. It means trying to rule unruly Jews — something that even tested the patience of a Moses. Continue reading
