Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts
Friday, September 19, 2008
9/19/2008 12:38:00 PM | 
Posted by
JoeSettler
What's with Mofaz?
Is he a sore loser that he quit like that? And it isn't even clear he quit! Enough voting stations were caught with open cheating and fraud that if they were disqualified then Mofaz would have been the big winner. And yet Mofaz didn't even choose to appeal.
Strange.
Is he a sore loser that he quit like that? And it isn't even clear he quit! Enough voting stations were caught with open cheating and fraud that if they were disqualified then Mofaz would have been the big winner. And yet Mofaz didn't even choose to appeal.
Strange.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was just interviewed on Channel 2 Israel TV News.
He was questioned about the US financial crisis and what would he do if he were Prime Minister or Finance Minister.
Bibi's response:
1. Ensure that the Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer quickly examines what the state of Israel's banks are, and their exposure to the US financial crisis, in order to reassure and instill confidence in Israel's banking industry. This is being done already, as Fischer is meeting with all the heads of the banks tomorrow morning.
2. Lower taxes for both citizens and corporations.
3. Improve and invest in Israel's infrastructures and free up land for infrastructure investments, to encourage foreign investment in Israel.
The interviewer then asked about politics, and here comes the line.
Bibi was asked, "Tomorrow is Kadima's primaries, assuming you get a call to join an emergency unity government the day afterwords, what do you say?
Bibi replies, "There is no way I would join."
The interviewer queried, "Why not? This is for an issue of national importance. Why not?"
Bibi responded with this amazing line, "Asking me to join a government led by Kadima, is like asking me to join the board of directors of Lehman Brothers. Just like Lehman Brothers went bankrupt so has Kadima, which hasn't succeeded in anything, in any field."
As transcribed by Jameel in the field (on his way home from work).
He was questioned about the US financial crisis and what would he do if he were Prime Minister or Finance Minister.
Bibi's response:
1. Ensure that the Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer quickly examines what the state of Israel's banks are, and their exposure to the US financial crisis, in order to reassure and instill confidence in Israel's banking industry. This is being done already, as Fischer is meeting with all the heads of the banks tomorrow morning.
2. Lower taxes for both citizens and corporations.
3. Improve and invest in Israel's infrastructures and free up land for infrastructure investments, to encourage foreign investment in Israel.
The interviewer then asked about politics, and here comes the line.
Bibi was asked, "Tomorrow is Kadima's primaries, assuming you get a call to join an emergency unity government the day afterwords, what do you say?
Bibi replies, "There is no way I would join."
The interviewer queried, "Why not? This is for an issue of national importance. Why not?"
Bibi responded with this amazing line, "Asking me to join a government led by Kadima, is like asking me to join the board of directors of Lehman Brothers. Just like Lehman Brothers went bankrupt so has Kadima, which hasn't succeeded in anything, in any field."
As transcribed by Jameel in the field (on his way home from work).
Labels:
Bank of Israel,
Bankrupt,
Israel,
Kadima,
Lehman Brothers,
Netanyahu,
Stanley Fischer
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