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Palestinians naming babies after Nasrallah, Hezbullah |
| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: August 21, 2006 |
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Rafi Ginat, one of Israel's veteran investigators, familiar as one who defrocks frauds and cheats, takes on the deal that brought Amir Peretz to be Defense Minister in ynet:
The birth of a shady deal took place late Sunday night on April 2, 2006 at the Zahala home of Uri Shani. In that infamous, covert meeting between Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz - the road to their coalition partnership in the government was paved.
The atmosphere was heavy and rife with suspicion. Peretz wanted the finance ministry, Olmert refused outright. Peretz insisted. Olmert sensed that Peretz had been offended, sure that he was not taking Peretz seriously, that Olmert thought Peretz was inadequate and his capabilities limited.
And then Olmert pulled out a typical Olmert card: he offered Peretz a more important, more respected position then that of the finance minister: He offered him the defense ministry.
Olmert gambled that Peretz would be flattered, that he would think he was appreciated after all, but that he would reject the offer because what an earth does he know about the defense ministry.
That's how Olmert imagined he would solve the ego crises and Peretz' "inferiority complex." From that point, he would set the labor party chairman up with a massive social-economic portfolio, with lots of authority that would obviously meet Peretz' expectation with full satisfaction.
But his gamble backfired; Peretz surprised him and said "yes." He said "yes" although he doesn't have a clue about defense matters. He said a big "yes", because his blinded advisors assured him that the defense ministry portfolio was the surest route to the prime minister's seat.
Read the full, sad story with some hopeful suggestions. |
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