Avirama Golan wrote a very sharp opinion article, in which she makes perfectly clear not only that corruption in Israel was not invented by Ariel Sharon and the Likud ( although I think that they can be largely credited for turning it into a real profession ), but also that today's Likud and Labor are two very similar sides of one and the same coin. Professor Golan's conclusion? "The alternative, of course, is for Labor to rehabilitate itself as a peace-oriented, social-democratic party that manages to appeal to a broad constituency. Nu, it's time for them to wake up."