it looks like we got a crazy rightwing government in israel. the irony is that if a european country had brought an openly racist politician like lieberman into their government, israel would probably have withdrawn its ambassador. that's what it did to austria in 2000. i wonder if austria will retaliate this time around? so far all we got is a vague warning from javier solana.
one interesting thing about the coalition agreement is that likud seems to be keeping the door open to a different coalition later on. the deal assigns various cabinet posts to israel beitnu and other coalition partners but notes "that should a national unity government be formed with Kadima, it may undergo changes." does anyone know if that's typical for these kind of coalition agreements? is this just boilerplate or is likud still holding out hope for a deal with kadima?
