Veteran Yesha activist and resident Bentzi Lieberman is just one of many right-wingers questioning why Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu felt himself so compelled to publically admonish his vice premier, Minister Moshe (Boogie) Ya�alon for his remarks, labeling the radical left-wing Peace Now organization and the �elitist Israelis� a �virus�.

Lieberman and others question why Netanyahu did not feel equally compelled to release a statement of condemnation when academic and others affiliated with the left-wing labeled �settlers� a �virus�, citing well known cases in which prominent members of Israeli society called for eradicating residents of Ofrah, at times labeling settlers �Nazis�, but the right-wing leader remained silent.

Today however, the leader of the nation, who was elected under a right-wing platform felt compelled to admonish his senior minister and stress his remarks are not in any way reflective of government policy.

Ya�alon has since met with the prime minister to clarify his remarks and to discuss a number of other pertinent policy matters.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)