Bibi again stalled. That was the turning point. I’d made it
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Bibi won the cabinet’s clearance for actual implementation to
but with five abstentions. That meant less than half of his ministers had
Bibi did finally try to seize the initiative. He
seemed to be thinking of leaving as well. Right wing ministers and
increasingly concerned about Bibi’s delay and drift
he’d approved a visit to Damascus by the
like the Shamir-Peres partnership in 1984
with what timeline? We met through the summer
something Bibi still clearly wanted to avoid as much as
it became clear there was a specific political motivation
with one proviso: the discussions would be genuinely
his Finance Minister and a prominent lawyer whom I knew and
he sent word that he wanted to talk. The message came through
Labor would once again provide the extra Knesset votes
I announced that if Bibi did go ahead and finalize the terms for
and my own contacts in military intelligence
about the alternative on the Palestinian side if those who
even more extreme parties from turning against
he goes through the same process. Always