Bibi Blogs!

December 6, 2006 - 9:31 AM by

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Hot off the press in this morning’s newspaper:

Opposition Chairman MK Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) has joined the list of Israeli and international public figures running internet blogs.

The blog was launched Tuesday night, and its main purpose is to get Netanyahu’s message directly across to the public, since the media has not been giving him sufficient airtime, he’s now found a way around them. Netanyahu’s associates have nicknamed the blog ‘The Bibi blog’, and are very excited about its launching. According to them, Netanyahu wants to reach each and every citizen, and if a blog is the only way, then so be it.

So far the blog includes Netanyahu’s weekly article, pictures from his life, forms for joining the Likud, news clips, videos of Netanyahu’s speeches from around the world, and of course many reminders of the fact that he warned of the dangers or Iran, the disengagement, Hizbullah and more. Netanyahu’s opening message to the public starts by expressing how pleased he is to be able to have an open dialogue with them through this blog. He also welcomes feedback and ideas through talkbacks. He also says that he will be “presenting my views and the plans that me and my comrades plan to implement when we return to power.” For Netanyahu, this blog is part of a three-part plan to reach the public. This plan includes touring the country and visiting developments towns, the traditional media, and now, this blog. He stressed his appreciation of talkbacks and emails and said “what could be more important for a public figure?” in order to keep in touch with the people. For now, Netanyahu says all talkbacks are welcome, even those less positive ones and said “I am known to be a democrat.”

For those of you unfamiliar with the local jargon, “talkbacks” are comments. They are the subject of great controversy in Israel at the moment. Unlike major newspapers in the U.S., it is standard operating procedure for the Hebrew press online to allow comments at the bottom of every article. Combine their huge readership with the cloak of anonymity and the “talkbacks” have become a hotbed of nastiness and libel, and there is a major backlash against them, hence Bibi’s remarks at the end of the article. For now, the Bibi Blog is only up in Hebrew, but if I know our guy, an English version will be coming soon. (Until that happens, if any Bibi fans in the blogosphere are planning on translating him on a regular basis, let me know.)

In the midst of the Lebanon War, I predicted that the Bibi-led Likud, which was decimated in the last elections, was going to make a huge comeback with the slogan “We Told You So.” It looks like that comeback is happening now. Bibi is definitely back – check out this confident performance on the Bill Maher show.

UPDATE: Bibi got 700 comments in his first 24 hours….not bad

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4 Comments on Bibi Blogs!

  1. Pajamas Media on Wed, Dec 6th 2006 1:54 PM

    2. Bibi Blogs:

    Former Israeli prime minister and Likud leader Bibi Netanyahu is ready for his political comeback and his new blog (in Hebrew, for now) is the showcase. (Israelity)…

  2. discarded lies - hyperlinkopotamus on Wed, Dec 6th 2006 2:32 PM

    3. Bibi Blogs!

    Bibi Blogs!

  3. Marius on Wed, Dec 6th 2006 3:44 PM

    4. Wow,
    i really liked netanyahus points… this interview makes him more sympathic than ive ever thought. of course some points are a little bit strange, like calling people “evil” and not explaining how to stop this process of “getting evil”…
    anyway, good one, thanks for the link to the interview

  4. David on Thu, Dec 7th 2006 1:53 AM

    5. First of all, “talkbacks” are in the US as well. The Washington Post for example, one of America’s major newspapers has both talkback and a dedicated message board.

    Anyway, remember that America is vastly bigger than Israel which has less people than New York City and is about the size only of New Jersey! That is small baby shoes.

    Bibi is the ONLY real candidate for PM. I would say that “Old Fart” is probably the third worst Prime Minister in Israel’s history – the worst being Barak and second worst that virus that never goes away, Shimon Peres.

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