7/23/00 Welcome to Hollywood East. High drama at Camp David. You don't REALLY think that Barak and Arafat were going to quit the summit do you? If yes, there is a bridge over the Jordan I'd like to sell you. It's all orchestrated high drama to make the peace talks look difficult when they are actually a done deal. Why? Because the concessions of both parties are unacceptable to their constituencies. By making it look like the " Peace Talks " almost failed, they pay a kind of lip service to the hard line elements among their own people, all the while continuing their respective sellout to US foreign policy. It's like a LIMITED SUPPLY ONLY SALE where a store creates a false urgency in the consuming public in order to get rid of excess merchandise. The PR value is immeasurable. While Barak and Arafat were all packed and ready to leave, James Carville, Stanley Greenberg and Robert Shrum, the US Democrat spin machine, kept going about their business in Israel of preparing the public for the referendum that almost wasn't. Joshua2 ============================================================================ New Barak team spin: Voters gave Barak mandate to make unlimited concessions for peace Aaron Lerner Date: 23 July, 2000 Former Meretz Minister Haim Oron launched the latest spin of the Barak team this morning on Israel Radio, explaining that the voters gave Prime Minister Ehud Barak a mandate to make peace and that this mandate puts no limits on the concessions Barak can make in order to reach a peace agreement. Speaking from his kibbutz, Oron bolstered his argument by presenting the results of public opinion surveys immediately prior to the announcement of the Oslo agreement that showed opposition to recognition of the PLO and other survey data. Oron declined to mention who supplied the archival material. Ha'aretz reported today that Barak's pollsters are focusing on the prospects of winning a joint referendum that would cover a deal with both Syria and the Palestinians. If Barak's pollsters believe he can sell the division of Jerusalem and other major last minute concessions for a deal with the Palestinians it is reasonable to assume that they are certain the same can be done with the regards to the Kinneret dispute with Syria. Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis) (mail POB 982 Kfar Sava) Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-9-7411645 INTERNET ADDRESS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] pager 03-6750750 subscriber 4811 Website: http://www.imra.org.il ========================================================================== Let's see what Barak's " Mandate really looks like...(J2) ( Notice the date of this survey is actually AFTER the date that the " Spinsters " are claiming for the mandate.) "Globes"-Smith Survey of Barak after one year Published by Israel's Business Arena on 16 May 2000 The survey was conducted under the management of the Smith Institute on two dates, May 3, 2000 and May 8, 2000. The telephone survey covered 503 subjects, representing the entire adult population. The maximum sampling error was 4.4%. Q: In a few days time, it will be one year since the general elections which secured Ehud Barak the premiership, largely changing the face of the Knesset. Based on the experience of this past year, how would you say the Prime Minister has performed? A: Very well, 4%; fairly well, 23%; not too well, 32%; very poorly, 40%; no answer, 1%. On aggregate: good mark, 27%; bad mark, 72%. Q: Did Ehud Barak prove better than expected, disappointing, or neither? A: Better than expected, 4%; disappointing, 50%; neither, 45%, no answer, 1%. Q: How long, in your opinion, will Barak continue to serve as Prime Minister before new elections are held? A: Up to one year, 27%; one to two years, 18%; two-to-three years, 5%; to the end of his term of office in three and a half years time, 44%. No answer, 6%. In your opinion, how is the Knesset elected one year ago doing its job, better than or not as well as the ordinary level of previous Knessets? A: Much better, 6%; slightly better, 17%; slightly worse, 24%; much worse, 19%; about the same, 31%; no answer, 3%. On aggregate: better, 23%; worse, 43%; the same, 31%. Q: How is the coalition government headed by Barak doing its job? A: Very well, 3%; fairly well, 23%; not too well, 32%; very badly, 39%; no answer, 3%. On aggregate: good mark, 26%, bad mark, 71%. =========================================================================== Subject: Globes: Barak Summons American Election Advisors to Israel Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:40:34 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Globes: Barak Summons American Election Advisors to Israel By Yoav Yitzhak - Globes 6 July 2000 Prime Minister Ehud Barak this week summoned urgently to Israel the American media advisors who accompanied him in his prime ministerial elections campaign. Barak wishes to discuss political, social and diplomatic developments with his advisors, "Globes" has learned. The advisors, James Carville, Stanley Greenberg and Robert Shrum, have been asked to come to Israel as soon as possible. Their exact arrival date is not known. The advisors were summoned in view of Barak's fears of a government collapse, and in preparation for a referendum and/or elections. As reported by "Globes", Barak has already instructed various associates to prepare appropriate contingency plans. The matter has been confided to Eldad Yaniv, Adv., and advertising agent Moshe Gaon, who took part in the 1999 campaign. It is also reported that following the "Globes" report of criticism levelled against the involvement of Yaniv and Gaon in the election preparations, a meeting took place at the office of Prime Minister's Office director general Yossi Kucik, with the participation of Prime Minister's Office manager Chaim Mendel-Shaked. Also discussed at the meeting was the power struggle in the Prime Minister's Office. The meeting determined that Civil Service Commissioner Shmuel Hollander would be queried on the propriety of Yaniv's involvement of in political matters, in view of his civil servant status. 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