(Haaretz). ..... the way he has conducted himself in his eight years on the outside, it looks like he has learned more lessons than Ehud Barak. Now he is on the road to the comeback of all comebacks.
It took Yitzhak Rabin 15 years to transform himself from a failed prime minister to a beloved leader with a worldwide following. Ehud Barak has been more successful at buying an apartment-cum-penthouse in the Akirov Towers than in repackaging himself as Labor's new leader.
On the face of it, Netanyahu seems very much changed. Some say he has matured and given up the poses and the demagoguery. He won't be shouting "fraidy cat" in the town square anymore, or whispering into the rabbis' ears that people on the left are not Jews. His wife Sara isn't always at his side anymore, grinning from ear to ear. Some members of the international community even see him as a darn good economist. ....
....Bibi's father, Prof. Benzion Netanyahu the historian, might remind his son of what Ze'ev Jabotinsky said after the assassination of Chaim Arlosoroff: "We shall take the souls of your young people, Cain!" A long time has passed since then, but bit by bit, that prophecy is coming true in Likud. At the same time, Netanyahu is managing to neutralize Moshe Feiglin and his gang of extremists.
Is Netanyahu moving toward the center or is he playing tricks on us? It's hard to know. Everyone agrees that he has not made a mistake yet.
