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Yes, I can

I have a wish that our eloquent new president will have the audacity to tell the nation that, for most of us, 99 percent of our happiness is in our own hands.

A Costly Win

Since the start of Israel\’s election campaign last October, the flamboyant leader of the secular-rights Shinui Party had been promising a secular revolution in Israel.

This week Yosef \”Tommy\” Lapid seemed to have a golden opportunity to fulfill his promises when Shinui — which became Israel\’s third largest party after the Jan. 28 elections — agreed to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\’s new Likud-led government.

The Party Line

Nearly 30 political parties are vying in Israel\’s Jan. 28 general elections. According to the latest polls, about 15 parties stand a chance of getting at least 1.5 percent of the vote, the threshold for getting at least one of the Knesset\’s 120 seats.

The Shinui Stance

Tommy Lapid, who has made a second career hammering the ultra-Orthodox, says he didn\’t go into Israeli politics in order to become a government minister. But the outspoken, 71-year-old veteran journalist is suddenly warming to the prospect.

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