He said too big a tax cut would risk putting the government back into deficit.

This is probably because that would put the government in direct confrontation with the judiciary.

"We don't want to put the federal government into the business of making zoning ordinances," he said.

"They see their trial as the opportunity to put the government on trial."

The system puts the government in the position of waiting to react to a crisis that many investors saw coming months ago.

They've put the Israeli government in a difficult position.

That puts the government on a potential collision course with business.

"I wanted to put the government and the world on notice," he said.

He immediately set to work to put the government in order.

The second principle is to put the Lebanese government out front.