2009 Elections: A Second Chance For Us All

With the upcoming elections we are forced to choose between three different failed leaders.

The Kadima Party now led by Tzipi Livni, have done nothing but prove their incompetence since being voted into office. Since it's creation, the Kadima party has subjected the Israeli people to numerous disasters. The disengagement led by Kadima, was quickly followed by the rise of Hamas in Gaza. Consequently, the Southern part of Israel has suffered from unrelenting rocket attacks from Gaza.

Ehud Olmert, the now departing Prime Minister has brought us the failure of the Lebanon War, the capture of Gilad Shalit, the bungled captive negotiations, and the premature retreat during Operation "Cast Lead."

The only thing that Tzipi Livni has going for her is the fact that she is a woman and she seems to be in denial. Last year she did not manage to build a coalition what makes her believe that she can do so now?


The Labor (Avoda) party headed by Ehud Barak is no better. We all watched as they plummeted when led by Amir Peretz. The Labor party managed to bring us the worst Security Minister who managed to make a laughing stock of himself.

More importantly, Barak already was Prime Minister in 1999. It is hard to forget his term. He managed to build a coalition rather quickly after being voted in, but it deteriorated as he continued to go against their basic wishes.

Finally, the Likud party. This Likud is different than the one that brought us the Disengagement led by Ariel Sharon. With people such as Benny Begin and Effi Eitam on the Likud staff we can feel the Likud become the right-wing organization it once was. Unfortunatley, Benyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the man running for Prime Minister.

When remembering Bibi as a Prime Minister his impeachment comes to mind. After being voted into office in 1996, by 1999 he had been impeached and replaced by Ehud Barak.

Israeli politics seems to be filled with failures begging for a second chance. As a people we are left with no other choice. As a people, we are defined by our leaders. If we continue voting in leaders like these we will always be Israel, a failed country begging for a second chance.