Caroline Glick: Independent Journalist Or Bibi's Mouthpiece?

An oleh sent us the following letter:

Shalom,

I am an Oleh living in Jerusalem and I am very enthusiastic about Moshe Feiglin's platform.

Therefore, I am displeased by the fact that journalist Caroline Glick is acting as Bibi Netanyahu's mouthpiece.

If Ms. Glick would write that only Bibi is electable, therefore everyone should support Moshe so he will control enough of the Likud to reign in Bibi, I wouldn't agree with that (because I think only Moshe presents a unique platform where Bibi is more of the same), but I could accept it as a legitimate opinion.

However, Ms. Glick would like us to believe that Bibi is the panacea for all our problems. I don't see that there is any substantive difference between Netanyahu and Olmert: both represent the continuation of Oslo.

Every single article by Ms. Glick has the same format:

1) Olmert or Livni are stupid.

2) Only Netanyahu can save Israel

But Olmert and Livni are not stupid. There's an old saying, "if you're so smart, why aren't you rich? " Olmert has done very well for himself, as has Livni. The truth is Olmert and Livni are not stupid, they simply have a different agenda than serving the Jewish people. They know that they can advance more in their careers and financially if they serve the global diplomatic elite. But Caroline Glick doesn't want to say that because people might catch on that Bibi is exactly the same.

In fact, Ms. Glick's methodology emphasizes superficial difference between the "right" and the "left" and tends to blur the fact that Bibi and his colleagues conducted exactly the same policy as the left.

Look at the Jewish agency, featured in Ms. Glick's latest article about a falling out with nefesh b'nefesh because too many datiim are making aliyah. The Agency also brought in non-Jews from Russia under Likud administrations.

As for Ms. Glick's motives and loyalties, I am very suspicious.

1) Ms. Glick made Aliyah in 1991 and was parachuted into a senior position in Tzahal, first doing research on the intifada and then participating in the negotiations with the P.A. Whereas my friend Josh, the most brilliant person I know, having completed studies in Physics and Philosophy, was drafted and sent ... to an army printing plant.

It is well known that some people are groomed by the ruling elite (look at someone like Strobe Talbott). They are chosen in college and then sent to a series of key positions. When someone comes out of nowhere into a key position, it makes me suspicious. (Bibi's political career is similar).

2) Ms. Glick works for Washington insider Frank Gaffney at the neocon think-tank, Center for Security Policy. The Neocons are allegedly friends of Israel, but they also support giving parts of the land of Israel to terrorists. Isn't this a conflict of interest for a "independent" journalist ?

Ms. Glick serves her Neocon patrons by encouraging Pres. Bush to wage war on Iran. I would like to see Israel take out Iran's nuclear program: I don't think we should rely on the U.S., and I don't feel comfortable when Israeli journalists tell America how to conduct her foreign policy.

Thanks,

D.L.

Jerusalem