Freedom Lovers Will Bring Prosperity To Middle East, Netanyahu Says

[Purveyor]

Addressing what he called “great turbulence” in the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said if the right people rise to power the region could see peace and prosperity.

His statements, made at a US Independence Day celebration at the US ambassador’s residence in Herzliya, may have been a veiled reference to Egypt, where the country’s military overthrew the Islamist president on Wednesday.

“In the Middle East today, there are many people who seek liberty, and they are our natural peace partners and provide hope that the great turbulence that is rocking the Middle East… will hopefully result in a bright future for all people in the region,” Netanyahu said. “It won’t happen overnight, but if it does, prosperity and peace will be provided for all.”

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israel is “an island of democracy in a sea of instability and despotism,” the prime minister said, adding that Israel “will always remain America’s steadfast ally” because of the “powerful bond between us…our deepest values are identical to those of the United States.”

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/right-people-will-bring-prosperity-to-middle-east-netanyahu-says/

[Catherina]

1. He's still clinging to that PNAC fantasy I see

Fuck off Bibi.

[HiPointDem]

2. i doubt it. inequality in israel is on a par with the us

The Gini coefficient, a measure used to gauage inequality, stands at 0.38 for Israel on a scale of zero to one. That is the same level of inequality as in the U.S. By comparison income-equity leaders Sweden and Finland have a Gini coefficient is 0.23.

In Israel, the growing inequality reflects the growing share of national income going to the wealthiest 10 percent and a drastic drop in the share of the lowest 20 percent since 1979, says Dahan, head of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Federmann School of Public Policy and Government and a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.

According to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development figures, more than 20 percent of Israeli families are poor, while the average for OECD countries is less than 12 percent of families, Dahan says. "From 1997 to 2012 the price of the basket of consumer goods bought by the middle quintile increased 44 percent while the basket of goods bought by the lowest quintile increased 48 percent. In other words, the hardest hit has been the lowest quintile," he says.

http://www.haaretz.com/business/growing-economic-disparity-puts-israel-at-top-end-of-inequality-scale.premium-1.484009

[msongs]

3. stealing land is also a great peace builder nt