Re: Sharon, Future of Israel
I'll try to analyze what's happening, but there is not yet enough information because everybody in the Israeli political world is waiting to see who makes the first move.<br />Sharon's life in the past few months has been extremely tense.It started with the last internal likud election which he won.Right afterwards he was accused of election fraud and just a few days ago his son and main adviser Omri Sharon pleaded guilty to bribery and election fraud.Sharon himself was implicated again in this scandal just 2 days before the stroke hit him.Just a few months ago he headed a very traumatic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.Most of the settlements that were removed were originally set up with Sharon as the chief architect.Knowing that he could no longer control the likud party,which he originally formed,he left the likud and started a new center party only a few weeks ago.In the back ground there are the upcoming elections in Israel(March 28).<br />Now add to this that Sharon is a 77 year old overweight man who spent a lifetime living on the edge, be it as a general or a politician.<br />While most people his age slow down,he was speeding up.<br />As for prophesy I can only say that it is always possible to pull a convenient one out of the bible for any event. There are plenty to choose from.This is done often and the same ones are used over and over again.<br />It is difficult to predict what will happen now that Sharon is out of the picture.The man temporarily replacing Sharon,Ehud Olmert,is widely seen as the architect behind most of Sharon's current policies,but Sharon's new party has not yet cristalized and it may well fall apart without him.<br />My guess is that all bets are off until after the March elections
