Won’t get fooled again

November 22, 2005 - 10:03 AM by

So, the race is on as Israel gears up for yet another election which will determine who the next prime minister is as well as the makeup of the next Knesset.

With Ariel Sharon – at 77 – forming a new party called Kadima ‘Forward’, a half-dozen Likud lieutenants like Bibi Netanyahu and Shaul Mofaz already scrambling to take over the party leadership, and Labor still dazed by the victory of its wayward son Amir Peretz over Shimon Peres in its leadership race, I’m reminded of the pivotal line in The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’.

“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”

The outcome of this spring’s elections will undoubtedly result in another limping coalition of partners tugging each other apart at the seams, with the same old leaders making the same old back room deals.

The only aspect to look forward to actually, is the campaign commercials for the fringe parties like the taxi drivers’ party, the Green Leaf party for legalizing pot, and the sentimental favorite – the battered husbands’ party. Now that’s entertainment.

However with a new law requiring a party to receive at least 2% of the vote in order to gain a Knesset seat, these parties are even less likely to break bread in the Knesset cafeteria next spring alongside Shimon, Tommy, Arik and the rest of the aging Israeli leadership.

So make some popcorn, grab a comfortable chair, and get ready for Israel’s version of the Gong Show.

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