Radicals in the Likud succeed in keeping more smart people out of power:
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Shimon Peres on Tuesday the words the opposition leader least wanted to hear: It is impossible to bring Labor into the government now… “I can’t pass a unity government in the Knesset,” Sharon told Peres. “Right now I just don’t have a majority. But I will keep talking to Likud MKs and try to raise support.”
Israel doesn’t really need Peres right now. I mean, it’s not like he knows anything about diplomacy. Or has a lot of important friends. Or has won international recognition. Or has doors open to him that are closeed to other Israelis. But I’m not bitter.
