Bibi's Resignation

This has been covered already my many bloggers and MSM sources, but just a few thoughts on Bibi's resignation. I support his right to quit a government that he feels he cannot see eye to eye with. I don't like his timing, though. His leaving now strikes a blow to the government on the eve of the pullout. In addition, his evacuating his post as finance minister before he completed many of the reforms he began to institute can't possibly be healthy for Israel's economy. If he did this because his convictions prevent him from serving on a government that is so at odds with his views, why did he wait until now?
It was clear that this cabinet vote was not going to derail the disengagement. The vote was strongly in favor of going ahead with it. Bibi's claim that he waited until the results of this vote ring somewhat hollow. Some are saying that he left yesterday to avoid getting lambasted for the disastrous poverty report published today by the National Insurance Institution of Israel showing huge increases in poverty rates since Netanyahu has been in office.
It's also hard not to view this action as the move of an opportunist. Leaving the government right before the disengagement can only help his political chances of getting right-wing support in any election that follows the pullout.
I find it difficult not to view his exit as abandonment.