Had Sharon rather than Netanyahu continued as Israeli PM, could things have been different?

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-30-2020, 07:21 AM

Plague or cholera.

**Tooting Carmen** · 01-30-2020, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by The Lawspeaker

Plague or cholera.

While I agree that Sharon's past was at least equally tainted as Netanyahu's (if not more so), the difference is that he, albeit rather belatedly, came to realise that Israel couldn't carry on as it was if it wants real long-term peace and security. I actually believe he may well have been murdered and the coma was just a charade - he was about to announce an end to settlements in the West Bank and no doubt many Israelis (including Netanyahu himself) would have opposed this with a violent position.

**The Lawspeaker** · 02-02-2020, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen

While I agree that Sharon's past was at least equally tainted as Netanyahu's (if not more so), the difference is that he, albeit rather belatedly, came to realise that Israel couldn't carry on as it was if it wants real long-term peace and security. I actually believe he may well have been murdered and the coma was just a charade - he was about to announce an end to settlements in the West Bank and no doubt many Israelis (including Netanyahu himself) would have opposed this with a violent position.

Maybe so, maybe no. We will never know.

**MysteriousWays** · 02-02-2020, 02:29 PM

Ultimately, I am somewhat skeptical given other events that had happened (2006 War in Lebanon is the big one) that things would have been very different had Sharon survived and stayed in power.

**Tooting Carmen** · 07-31-2020, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by MysteriousWays

Ultimately, I am somewhat skeptical given other events that had happened (2006 War in Lebanon is the big one) that things would have been very different had Sharon survived and stayed in power.

What do you mean?