Netanyahu Picks Up Allies in Run for PM

Now we have Dan Meridor Ze’ev Benyamin Begin and Moshe Ya’alon joining forces with Benyamin Netanyahu, though based on their history, they hate each other.

The story talks about his moderating some of his talk, but anyone who has an even passing acquaintance with Bibi Natanyahu knows that this is just talk.

It's happening because he's going to win, with current polls showing him outpolling Kadima 32 seats to 26, and labor possibly dropping to single digits, perhaps even 4th place.

As to the fall of Labor, while security is always the 800 pound gorilla in the room, Labor used to have a role on social and economic issues, and over the past 30 years, Labor (big L) has abandoned labor (little L) for Thatchernomics.

While the Israeli economy has grown, there are increasing disparities between rich and poor, and severe poverty is on the rise, and the 3 mainstream parties have all abandoned the issue.