“You’re a big shot,
"Nobody can outdo you,
"Mad about you,
"You’re the greatest of them all!”
(Sarit Hadad sang this to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Likud-Beiteinu campaign launch conference, Dec. 25, 2012.)
Don’t laugh at those words, and don’t discount their importance (Lyrics anonymous, translated by Yossi Gispan, Uzbek folk melody). This carefully selected song reflects the essence of the campaign run by the prime minister and his party, the ruling party. It succinctly summarizes Netanyahu’s and his partner, former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman’s (or their American advisor, Arthur Finkelstein’s) response to the question that’s been left hanging: “What in the world was this election about?” To explain this point, it is more interesting to start with the question, “What wasn’t it about.” So, here goes:
