What the hell happened to the Israeli left any ways? They were border line commies back in the day with the whole kibbutz thing.
Fall of ideology, demographics, long standing conflict.
Still funny sometimes to here my grandmother speak about how the cried when Stalin died.
Sad to hear it died that way. I am a big fan of Yitzhak Rabin , it is a shame he was gunned down by a right wing fanatic.
In a clear retrospect with no nostalgia....he was no real left hero. But he was probably the last one with foresight or the ability to walk the line.
And beyond that the biggest blow the left (or more accurately Labour as the major party) got was from having Barak as a leader...twice.
Pardon me for my ignorance but isn't the libertarian wing of the GOP (Ron Paul and etc.) pretty anti-Israel?
By international standards? Not in the least bit, very centrist. By American standards they are raging evil anti semites.