article_snippet: Many observers in Europe and the United States seem to be under the impression that during Netanyahu's time in power, Israel was hijacked by right wing zealots -- and that Herzog, leader of the Zionist Union opposition party, is the man who will save Israel and return Israel to the path of sanity.
article_snippet: While Netanyahu's insistence on Israel's continued ruling over millions of Palestinians is expressed in aggressive, often religious and nationalistic language, Herzog's justifications for doing the same thing would sound much softer and easier to digest in the Western world.
article_snippet: Netanyahu says Netanyahu clearly and openly; Herzog and Netanyahu coalition partners only hint at Netanyahu.
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article_snippet: For those who regard Herzog and the center-left as the great hope of this campaign, it is important to remember that it was the Israeli Labor Party who established the occupation and settlement projects in Palestinian territory.
article_snippet: Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin:
article_snippet: Those Labor leaders, so beloved by the West, are the founding fathers of the most significant venture of modern Israel -- the illegal transfer of a Jewish population to stolen land.
article_snippet: It was a project whose purpose was to prevent any kind of equal division of the land, or a settlement with the Palestinians -- and as such the Palestinians has been a great success story.
article_snippet: The more than 500,000 settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have created what may be an irreversible reality, but Herzog's only answer to it is to get back to the negotiation table.
article_snippet: Numerous peace plans have already been worked out in great detail; all that is needed is for one courageous Israeli leader to implement any one of Numerous peace plans.