June 15, 2004, Sharon Beats Rap (Reprisals to follow)
Israel's Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, citing "biased prosecutors" announced that there would be no indictment of Israeli PM Ariel "Arik" Sharon. The actual ground for the 76 page decision (which also announced no indictment against Sharon's son Gilad) is that there was insufficient evidence-- the case involving bribery associated with the development of a Greek island was based on circumstantial evidence and innuendo, according to the A.G., and hence, the Sharon government will not fall because of this.
Which takes us to the other reason why the Sharon government might fall: the agreement to agree in the future maybe about Gaza. Think of Gaza the way the American people think of, oh, banning abortion outright in all cases (including-- no ESPECIALLY-- cases involving rape, incest and the life of the mother) to satisfy the whims of a small but vocal group of religious extremists. Well, because democracy really sucks as a system (and let's face it-- Hitler and Mussolini were democratically elected-- democracy is infinitely less important than RULE OF LAW and personal freedoms-- just ask the people in Hong Kong whether they prefer their tenuous ersatz "democracy" now, or the undemocratic but absolutely free rule as a British colony), vocal extremists have wildly disproportionate power. Its why if George W. Bush is permitted dictatorial powers by the Supreme Court (the Gitmo, Hamdi and Padilla cases loom) the fact that he is "democratically elected" (and like Hitler and Mussolini, by a minority) will mean SHIT. A dictator is a dictator is a dictator.
In a country like Israel, where religious extremists number around 20% of the population, in a wild electoral system of fractious multiple parties, if those 20% get together, its an extremely powerful bloc-- that can pretty much control the place, even though literally the other 80% would rather they go to hell (and a lot of the religious parties even hate each other). But here we are: those 20% (a little more than that-- but not much) desperately do NOT want to give up Gaza-- call it Greater Israel, call it "Empire". But they seem to be controlling the agenda-- and have for a while, which is (along with Yasir Arafat still breathing) why there will be no peaceful solution between Israel and its involuntary houseguests.
So right now, as I previously disclosed, Sharon at the moment has a minority government-- although the largest opposition party (Labour) likes the idea of the Gaza pullout, and will support Sharon on no-confidence votes at the moment in order to keep that on track.
Well, Sharon dodges this particular bullet. Good news for Dubya: last election, Sharon was widely credited with destroying his nation's economy, undermining its security, and squandering the little international standing it had left-- and he was reelected in a landslide. Dubya HAS to be happy Sharon will hang on some more...
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