Marty Peretz weighs in here, and gets points for correctly describing Avigdor Lieberman as a neo-Fascist. I mean, the man is in favor of population exchange of Arab Israelis, which might as well be a declaration of genocide, as it was in Armenia in 1915 and Pakistan in 1947. My basic problem here is that neither Palestine nor Israel really has much leadership. Netanyahu is a scary, scary man, and the prospect of Avigdor Lieberman with any power at all is frightening. Unfortunately, as in America, the right wing looks poised to take over whenever people are afraid of external foes. Israel needs an Obama (ironically enough, they have a Barak running, but he's unlikely to win as the head of a Labor Party that doesn't really know what it stands for anymore).
I guess I'm rooting for Livni, and she might well win even though she's a bit of a lightweight. She's the best alternative, aside from Ehud Barak, who won't win. A Likud-Yisrael Beitenu government is too distressing to think about. We'll see soon enough.
