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AddReply(410099,"The name game","Aubrey Wulfsohn","Leamington spa","03/08/09","D H\'I has a point but so do  his critics. Feiglin is useless, mislead his supprtres. and The religious right parties have been and will be untrustworthy");
AddReply(408951,"Both Feiglin and the author can be wrong.","sk","USA","03/05/09","AND THEY ARE.");
AddReply(408916,"Still outside","Boaz","Jerusalem","03/05/09","Moshe Feiglin wrote how unfortunate that anyone voted for National Union and Jewish Home. Those 7 seats should have gone to Likud. That way, Likud would have had 34 seats and Feiglin would still sit outside the Knesset. However, with 34 seats, Bibi could have made a government with Kadima alone. Imagine that!");
AddReply(408860,"Yehuda Richter I have","rationalist","Israel","03/04/09","Didn\'t the Rambam say that naming a king is not a \"chiyuv\" according to the Torah? The Rambam\'s laws pertain to HOW we have a king. \"Whim\" was a poor choice of words, but the main point of TurntoTorah was correct.");
AddReply(408760,"hey turn to torah -more power to David  haivri","Yehuda Richter","shechem","03/04/09"," We are not christians .... Did you ever hear about the  Rambams laws of kings ???? ");
AddReply(408754,"TBer from Netanya","rationalist","Israel","03/04/09","\"Say little and do much\" Ethics of the Fathers\nIf Feiglin had a chance of getting anywhere in the Likud his efforts would be worthwhile. The primaries showed us otherwise.");
AddReply(408680,"HaIvri speaks the truth about Manhigut!","Moshe","Shilo","03/04/09","I couldn\'t agree more. Feiglin has disenfranchised the nationalist camp. All those poor, naive suckers that wear kipot, who joined Likud and voted for Feiglin could have easily brought Katzeleh\'s party another 3 or 4 seats. How shameful that the demagouges from Manhigut INSIST on pouring money down the drain on their sick quest to take over Likud. How patheic and egotistic. Feiglin, Sackett and the rest of the clown show, please stay away from Shilo.");
AddReply(408617,"to Jake # 14","Y","Nitzan","03/04/09","In spite of my cynical TB, I did vote National Union (the only party firmly against an arab political entity over the \"green line\"). What you can do?  Marry, have many children, raise them as religious zionists (the correct Torah path in my opinion).  If possible, move to a yishuv outside the Labor-Kedima-Likud concensus (ie Kiryat Arba, Yitzchar, Mitzpe Yericho, Shilo...).  Pray to Hakodesh Baruch Hu to help us in our struggle for a true Jewish state in all of Eretz Yisrael.  In Israel: employ only Jews and buy only from Jews.  Support a religious zionist organization and/or yeshiva.  hazak ubaruch!");
AddReply(408527,"Hey Ariel Ben Yochanan, we are not christians so....","Turn to Torah","Israel","03/04/09","We interpret our holy text, not just read & recite & take everything as simplistic & illogical.   Learn the Netziv on that pasuk, & you will see that (if U couldn\'t tell already) it is not a CHIYUV to establish a king, but this is dependent upon the whims of the national public - believe it or not.. That\'s how he understands the verse, & many others as well debate over whether it is in fact a mitzvah to appoint a king, or if it is not, or like in Netziv\'s approach it is a CONDITIONAL mitzvah.  \nIn the meantime, since clearly we\'re not at that point in society yet, where people feel ready for a monarchy or would accept it, the \"religious\" approach is not to have anarchy & chaos or let the leftist enemy control the country because we\'re too \"holy\" to participate in what U Ariel deem helenist.\nIn fact representative democracy is not \'hellenist\' but IF WE HAD IT, would fit w Torah principl");
AddReply(408480,"#27: On Manhigut Yehudit Meetings...","CDG","Yerushalayim","03/04/09","I agree with you; from my limited experience they can be inspiring. Except I was ignored by Feiglin and Fuah, as a new Likud member, when I went to my first one.\n\nA couple of months later I went to a public Likud meeting; many of the MKs attended and Feiglin was slated to speak. He was so late he didn\'t get to speak. How much influence can you have within your own party if you don\'t arrive on time and don\'t get to say your piece?\n\nNetanyahu wasn\'t there either; but then again, he\'s #1. I thought #2 was supposed to try harder. \n\nI\'m not personally offended by any of this; however, I have to wonder -- in order to get the job done, you have to be there.\n\nFeiglin did a great job on Tues. Nite Live. So did Ketzaleh. Only the Bayit Yehudi guy seemed unsettled at times.\n\nGood thing Feiglin was on time - just barely. ");
AddReply(408475,"27 David - Hatikva is not sectarian","Jacob","","03/04/09","You say that NU is sectarian, but Eldad\'s coalition is open to all, seculars included. Eldad could be the best leader for Israel, if given a chance.");
AddReply(408430,"Anti-Islam Party #1 in Netherlands","Shlomo","Jerusalem","03/04/09","As reported in http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/4933687/Geert-Wilders-leads-Dutch-polls.html The Anti-Islamic Party of Geert Wilders has leaped to #1 position according to polls in the Netherlands.\nThis is the way that National Union can become #1 in Israel, without any of the failed trojan horse tactics of Feiglin.\nFeiglin is trying to get into power by FOOLING the people, that he is Likud.\nDR. and Rabbi Michael ben-Ari,MK #4 of the National Union and other Kahanists and other allies on the right are trying to get into power by CHANGING THE PEOPLE\'S POLITICAL LOYALTIES");
AddReply(408344,"Very good - BUT","","","03/04/09","Everything you say is true, but a key point is left out.\nThe people who really run the State are so powerful, that the whole economic, social infrastructure is so embedded in this socialistic, bolshevik rotten core that these powers behind the scene will not allow for any party outside of these 3 parties (Labor,Kadima & Likud) being in control. These 3 parties are really \"one\".  The citizenry is so programmed that even though most wanted only \"Right\", they still do not understand & voted for Likud. Why didn\'t the masses vote for National Union, as they should have & for them to have gotten the lead.  The system of governance in Israel is so corrupt & stupid, making it obvious that only Moshiach will oust this evil. I do think that Moshe Feiglin means well & in an uncorrupt system of government, he would have been able to succeed.");
AddReply(408321,"To Pini from Efrat","David","Jerusalem","03/04/09","You just don\'t get it. Netanyahu has shown us he\'s willing to turn his back on us for the very parties and people the voters rejected.\nRotem was clear when he spoke in Efrat that Yisrael Beitenu wants a nationalistic gov\'t. But Lieberman prefers having a \"broad\' gov\'t with Kadima.\nNU is wonderful, with great Torani leaders. But, they are UNABLE to lead, as they are sectarian and SOOOO small. It will take YEARS to change that.\nThe State of Israel has NO friends in the world and needs a leader who has a vision for the Jewish people.\nIf you were never at a Manhigut Yehudit gathering you have no idea how inspiring it its. There are alot of intelligent people who believe in Feiglin. He\'s reaching out to all types of people who share a similar vision ( Asulin, HaEtzni,Kara)He\'s positive. He\'s not afraid to be a Jew and talk like one. He doesn\'t hide from issues. Hear him!");
AddReply(408269,"All anti manhigut articles same tired old points written by people who want to ","i c truly","Jerusalem","03/03/09","keep right on losing. Staying pure.voting only for pure parties. Unsullied by politics .idealistic to the core. BUT LOSING. PLease everyone. Decide to win. JOin LIkud and vote for true honest people in the Likud not just Feiglin.Make a real difference. Help instead of giving all the reasons it can\'t be done.");
AddReply(408250,"www.torahrevolution.blogspot.com","Ariel Ben Yochanan","Kfar Tapuah","03/03/09","");
AddReply(408241,"Feiglin is not as much of a fool or demagogue as you think","David","Jerusalem","03/03/09","Feiglin believes that:\n1) Small , sectarian parties can not lead the country because not enough people will feel a part of them\n2) Likud represents all elements of Israeli society\n3) to lead the State of Israel properly it is necessary to have a Jewish vision for the State and its people.\nWhen Feiglin seemed to be in a position to enter the Knesset the Israeli political scene was all abuzz. He was interviewed by everyone. He is eloquent,convincing and challenging, and he...makes a lot of sense. Does Bibi please you, Mr. HaIvri? At what point do you think the National Union will be ready to \"lead\" the country? If you think it\'s any time soon I  claim that that\'s a delusion, as much of a delusion as you claim Feiglin\'s claims are.\nFeiglin wants a large Likud so that small parties won\'t hold the gov\'t hostage. You don\'t see how he could be correct?");
AddReply(408235,"Likud is the only game in town","Been there done that","Ranana","03/03/09","Stop whining from the spectators gallery. Join the game and find out if we can win or not. If Nachshon had thought like the writer of this piece we\'ed still be in Egypt");
AddReply(408229,"United Torah Bloc contd","Moshe Elkman","Melbourne","03/03/09","(2) can you imagine in Australia for example the Leader of the Opposition Malcolm Turnbull(Liberal) leaving his party and joining the \"wining team\" of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (Labor)???This would be unheard of..Lieberman has shown us that he is a complete \"liar\" after committing to Mattot Arim before the elections that Yisrael Beiteinu would vote AGAINST a Palestinian State on Jewish soil which led our group into sponsoring a full page J Post ad on 30/01/09...we are considering legal action against Lieberman.In these elections alone a true United Torah Bloc comprising Nat Union, Shas, UTJ and Habayit Hayehudi would have yielded 23 seats...now if voters knew Lieberman\'s true position re PA State this number could have jumped to a total of 28 seats and more if Feiglin would have listened to Prof Eldad and joined NU he would now be a MK as part of the \"United Torah Bloc\".it\'s that simple!");
AddReply(408225,"No one generates talkbacks like Feiglin","Talkback","Netanya","03/03/09","The amount of interest in all media shows how relevant Feiglin is. Most Israelis never heard of Ketzale despite all his achievements. They have all heard of Feiglin now and that is the first step towards victory. It wont be instant . we are not \'now\' people we are the eternal people. The faster we all join in the faster it will come about");
AddReply(408222,"Likud historically right or not. who cares it is the tool to win with","Marilyn","Eilat","03/03/09","Likud constitution talks about the whole Land of Israel.We can make the Likud honour its own principles by joining en mass . ");
AddReply(408221,"United Torah Bloc","Moshe Elkman","Melbourne","03/03/09","(1)David Ha\'ivri\'s article is as they say downunder SPOT ON!!! David has analysed the political situation correctly and Australian Friends of Gush Katif & Shomron fully support David\'s well thought out analysis.We also believe that Netanyahu is really a \"sly fox\" not to be trusted.The National Union is showing the way with an uncompromised position regarding \"shleimuit haaretz\" wWithout Eretz Yisrael (shleimut haaretz) all other issues pale into insignificance and really Israel needs true \"Torah Leadership\" which can come about by a \"United Torah Bloc\".Israeli voters clearly voted for a change in direction to the right whether they voted for United Torah,Shas,UTJ or mistakenly for Lieberman and for deserters to leave Kiduma like little children leaving the sinking ship is a joke! In what country can you find this childish, power seeking behaviour.Can you imagine in Australia contd.");
AddReply(408220,"road to success","Shmuell Ben-Gad","Washington, DC","03/03/09","Mr. Feiglin\'s shar eo fhte cote in th ethree leadership priamries in whcih he was a candidate and have consistently, and significantly, increased. I do not think nationalists can win by appealing only, or primarily, too religious voters. Whether Mr. Feiglin can appeall to enough non-orthodox to win remains to be seen.  But it seems to me clear that voting for him in the primaries and then for whichever party you like in the general eledtions gives you two votes.  Surely the country would be better off with someone like Mr. Feiglin leading the Likud then its present leader.  So why not vote for him?");
AddReply(408209,"Attacking Feiglin is like shooting yourself in the foot","Esther","Tiberias","03/03/09","Stop carping about how the national camp might win more votes if it unites divides changes name changes leaders blames all the above for not winning more votes etc etc etc ad nauseam.The only ones with a solution and a strategy that has a chance are Feiglin and all the dedicated and savvy people in Manhigut");
AddReply(408207,"Next Election ?","Marcel","Florida","03/03/09","You think Israel has all the time in the wolrd to clean up this mess ?\nSo another party gets close to real power in Israel and they are banned by the globalist elite puppets who rule Israel.The Kadima,Labor,Likud gang will never permit another threat to their evil rule.\nA military overthrow of Israel\'s corrupt socialist oligarchy could be the only thing that saves this defunct nation now in terminal stage of life.  ");
AddReply(408203,"Likud is the only way the Jewish majority will ever win","i c truly","Jerusalem","03/03/09","I was in almost from the founding of the Techiya party. it went down with our votes and we got oslo. Various incarnations end up with less and less MK\'s each time . Its been tried for 30 years !!! it doesnt work !!!!Davka due to Bibi\'s dirty tricks Feiglin is a household name He is a by word for integrity even with the leftist media. He has broken the ice and shown the way to actually lead.The writer assumes that if and when Feiglin becomes head of Likud  voters won\'t vote for him. Rubbish Davka it\'s Bibi many won\'t vote for as we just saw in the last elections. Moshe heading LIkud will be such a breath of fresh air and such a change from dirty politics that thw Likud will win  as never before. That/s my personal prediction. Ihave watched the political scene here for decades and have not been wrong yet.Hpoe and pray for Feiglin to win/ Join Likud and make it happen!!");
AddReply(408202,"#5 Y Nitzan - So, what\'s your suggestion","Jake","","03/03/09","Not a bad analysis, but you don\'t take into consideration future changes in the electorate. What is the right wing going to do between now and the next elections? Or do we just give up?");
AddReply(408184,"Thanks for exposing the fraud of Manhigut","Pini","Efrat","03/03/09","Thank you David for having the courage to say what MANY of us think about Feiglin and Sacket\'s dog and pony show that has further divided the National Camp. I hope that they are humble enough to give up the Likud and unify with Katzeleh and Ben Ari.");
AddReply(408181,"Obsession with Obscenity and on What Jews Should Really Be Doing","Ariel Ben Yochanan","Kfar Tapuah","03/03/09","B\"H\nIt is interesting to see how everyone is obsessed with political part-ies. As if Deut. 17:14-15 was never written: \"When you come to the Land that Hashem, your G-d, gives you, and possess it, and settle in it, and you will say, \"I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are around me,\" You shall surely set over yourself a king, whom Hashem, your G-d, shall choose; from among your brethren shall you set a king over yourself; you cannot place over yourself a foreign man, who is not your brother\". As if we were free to participate at will in the Hellenistic, so called democratic process, instead of focusing on what we should be doing as Jews: on building Beit HaMikdash in Yerushalaim, on establishing our Torah institutions, the King, the Sanhedrin and just courts in every village. Is knesset ..a king that Hashem, our G-d, chooses? No! So, let\'s get on with our real duty!");
AddReply(408175,"What part of \"Yesha Council\" doesn\'t the censor understand?","sk","USA","03/03/09","Ha\'ivri is indeed a YC hack.  Why try to hide the fact?  You want to empower the YC?");
AddReply(408132,"Why do Israelis still believe that the Likud is a right wing party?","Uzitiger","Ramat Gan","03/03/09","The Likud party has pulled the wool over the Israeli voters\' eyes and they created an ilusion that they are a \'right wing\' party.  This is only by name.  Likud\'s actions are no different than Labor\'s leftist actions. Likud gave away more Jewish land than Labor and committed the Gush Katif atrocity which Labor would have never been able to.  \n\nMoshe Feiglin also thought he coould reform the Likud party but you can\'t build a movement on a rotten base.  Nice dream Moshe but it won\'t work.");
AddReply(408130,"David Ivri\'s Column","Dr. Aryeh Hirsch","Beit El","03/03/09","Ivri has written quite a falsehood with his \"no party is as responsible as Likud in cutting Eretz Yisrael into bits\".Ivri\'s whopper ignores the fact that Oslo was a Labor-Meretz brainchild enabled by Shas.Also,Begin gave the Sinai back to sovereign Egypt,not to a bunch of terrorists like the PLO.And there has been no war with Egypt for 37 years,unlike the Oslo War that immediately followed Oslo. The Likud platform is still against a Palestinian State,unlike Kadima-Labor-Meretz.As far as Chevron,it was a deal signed by Labor,with preparations implemented by Labor. With all of Kach\'s bluster,I would have loved to see PM Ivri back out on a deal signed with the US.Likud and Bibi have a lot of flaws,but Ivri doesn\'t begin to touch on them in this poor analysis.It\'s Bibi\'s wishy-washiness,his lack of following the Likud platform,his failure to declare Oslo dead and failed,that\'s dangerous.");
AddReply(407985,"Do An Unbiased Poll","Shlomo","Jerusalem","03/03/09","I believe that a majority of people who voted Likud, would have voted for another party if by some miracle, Feiglin had succeeded in getting elected to be the head of the Likud. If you don\'t believe me, I challenge someone do to an ubiased Poll to see what impact would the election of Feiglin as Likud head, have on Likud voters.\nPoint 2: Ariel Sharon already proved that Likud voters are more loyal to individuals than they are to the party named Likud, because his Kadima party, trounced the Likud in the 5766/2006 elections.\nPoint 3] Feiglin should consider, redefining his role in the Likud to be a kingmaker. Namely he should temporarily stop trying to be Likud head and instead support someone better than Netanyahu with a real chance of winning.\n4]NU could grow into a large party if they become known as an anti-Islamic/Arab party. Kach\'s popularity anti-Islam Europian parties prove this");
AddReply(407983,"This debate won\'t be won in the Talkback section","BS\"D","","03/03/09","The National Union ran in order to get stuff done, i.e. lead through actions. One of the most pressing actions should be to amend the Law of Return to apply to Halachic Jews only. It should be confirmed but I believe the majority of people who immigrate to Israel are non-Halachic Jews. ALL religious parties should speak as one voice to change the law. Livni says she wants a \"Jewish state,\" so here is her chance to prove it. [Non-Halachic Jews could still immigrate as any non-Jew can, but the Right of Return should be restricted to Halachic Jews.] Please David Ha\'ivri or anyone else who has connections to National Union, convey this message to them.");
AddReply(407961,"Could not agree more","Moshe Goose","Israel","03/03/09","I think Likud will continue to barter with the PLO despite what Bibi says. Remember what happened with Hevron? Did he not deal with Arafat?");
AddReply(407953,"some comments","Y","Nitzan","03/03/09","Feiglin\'s strategy, unlike Michael Kleiner and Benny Begin, was to take advantage of the new primary system. Step one was to encourage alot of religious-zionists to join Likud for a paltry fee in order to vote Manhigut Yehudi in the primaries.  The second step, as you say, was to rely on traditional Likud voters to then support a Manhigut Yehudi led Likud based on the name \"Likud\".  Unfortunately, Feiglin failed in step one and never came close to leading Likud or even becomming one of its leading players.\n  Concerning National Union, 4 seats is no great success. All its component parties have been around years.  \nRabbi Kahane\'s success (in pre-election polls) was due to ideology, the Rabbi\'s activism (demonstating leadership and credibility), and the \"establishment\'s\" fear and hatred of him and Kach.  National Union, unfortunately, has none of these elements. ");
AddReply(407941,"its selfish","","","03/03/09","its selfish to think you should have a comfortable place of friends and the people should like your group instead you should find them and pursue their future\n\nand thats bc some people use goodness politics and even proper idealogy to justify their own needs and whims when instead it is to help the average person in the political mess \n\ngo preach to your own choir fill your needs while the truth will lead u on a leash and then throw u away when your done");
AddReply(407887,"Pure balderdash. The constant attack-mode against M-Y only suggests legitimacy","Velvel","silver spring","03/03/09","It appears that HaIvri specializes in smoke and mirrors.  The splinter parties do not strive to rule the nation, they do not appeal to wide mass of voters beyond their narrow constituency, and in knesset, they appear to achieve nothing, and are unable to stop the machinations of the ruling elite, but merely take a few bones thrown their way here and there.\n\nHaIvri first criticizes the idea to use the Likud name to appeal to many nationalist voters, by saying that voters will not be loyal to the party, but to the people in it.   He then obliterates his own point by showing us the example of B. Begin and Kleiner, who did NOT use the Likud party but instead broke away and established a new one!  He cites this failure, yet at the end of his article he claims, \"This goes to show that owning an established party name is not the only way to achieve a position of power in the Knesset.\"  Geee");
AddReply(407876,"Listen to Mr. Ha\'ivri Israel!!!!","Gary","Monterey, CA","03/03/09","Your words are so true!!!");
AddReply(407873,"The Flaws of David\'s Argument","Yehoshua Friedman","Kochav Hashahar","03/03/09","The first flaw is that he compares Manhigut to the Begin-Kleiner Herut Party. Herut was taking a historic name, but it was a split-off splinter party. No comparison.\nThe most important mistake that David and many other fine Jews make is forgetting that elections are won by influencing the center to your side, not by trying to build and ideologically pure right or left. The left always won elections by being united and absorbing the center. The right, with a serious power base, can do the same thing from the other side. Uniting the right and religious parties can only be done if they feel their traditional vote base is drying up. Electoral reform would do that. In the short run the religious public would lose representation, but as the demographic balance shifts a united right-religious party could win in some districts and become competitive. Time will tell.");

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