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To: JohnM who wrote (38634)	8/19/2002 12:48:10 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

When you read both Haaretz and NY Times, you become aware how much of the Time's Mideast coverage is an echo of Haaretz'(edit: The NY Times' pro-Labor slant is more overt than Haaretz', and that is saying something). Mitza (who seems a competent mayor) has suddenly charmed the dispirited left -- wow, a candidate who is not a proven failure or an embarrassment! what a concept. So naturally, the Times will play him up, though I would give Mitzna even odds with Ralph Nader for winning their next elections. The Israelis are in no mood to surrender, and that is what Mitzna proposes. If the noise about him becomes troublesome to Sharon, Sharon will call elections. Then we will see how many votes Labor can actually get.

To: JohnM who wrote (38634)	8/19/2002 1:46:16 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Here's an interesting note from an Israeli blogger who elsewhere describes herself as being a member of the Israeli left all her life: Bibi or Sharon? The Likud’s recent voter registration drive (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1028814724561) has apparently been a phenomenal success, making the Likud the largest party in Israeli history with 311,884 members. It’s obvious that most of the 200,000 new members joined not out of love of the party or its platform, but to have a say in the results of the future primary showdown between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. I’ve not seen any polls about this (and I don’t suppose I will, either), so I don’t know which one of them managed to pull more voters. I know one or two traditional left wing voters who were planning to register specifically so they could vote for Sharon, for fear of getting Netanyahu back (no one has any illusions about the Labor Party). I suppose a lot of right wing voters have done the same, in order to vote for Netanyahu. imshin.blogspot.com