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Two Towers of Babel

In 1960, the late Israeli satirist Ephraim Kishon viewed Israel as a land rebuilding the Tower of Babel. India is that Tower of Babel. The post-1992 diplomatic bonhomie has set to rest decades of mutual discomfort, shyness and curiosity; decades when one compared Nehruvian socialism and Israeli ....Read more

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wrong analysisBy: mathew | Friday , 30 Jan '09 15:28:01 PM Reply | Forward Sudeep Paul as usual gets his analysis wrong. Perhaps he needs to go beyond reading left leaning Israeli newspapers. Barak stands to gain the most because of the successful "Operation Cast Lead". Labour which was not thought to be in the reckoning even in the first week of December has seen its popularity sky rocket. KAdima will also benefit from the success of the Gaza operations. While Israeli public opinion is still skeptical about a hawkish NEtanyahu, Likud is not expected to get more than 20 seats. In such an eventuality he has agreed to form a national unity government with KAdima. Israel Beitenhu party headed by the extreme right wing Lieberman may win upto 15 seats.

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