P eople in Israel and abroad, who believe that I am somewhat of an expert on Sharon, have asked mehow to deal with him. Here are some practical suggestions: 1. Don’t underrate him . That is the first rule. Over the course of time, many have made thatmistake and paid for it dearly. That is … Read more
“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” asked the prophet Amos (3,3), and perhaps heforesaw the alliance of the two power-hungry generals. Agreed – since when? I believe that there was an understanding between them right from thebeginning of the election campaign, in which they accused each other of leading towardsnational catastrophe. Two weeks … Read more
Peace did not fail. It’s the man who falsely talked about peace who failed. Here are the facts: Only 59.1% of the citizens who had the right to vote did actually vote. Out of these, Ariel Sharon received 62.38% of the valid votes. Meaning: Altogether Sharon received the votes of only 35%, just a little … Read more
In “Gone with the Wind”, the greatest movie of all times, there is a memorable scene: theNorthern army has already overrun most of the South. Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) is bringingScarlet O’Hara home through the enemy lines. Suddenly he stops, gets down from the cart andtells her that he is going to join the beaten … Read more
On Sunday evening, a public debate on the subject “Blank Vote – Yes or No?” will take place atTel-Aviv’s Eretz Israel museum. The question is not a rhetorical one. Ten days before theelections, there are still hundreds of thousands of citizens, both Jewish and Arab, who aretormented by this question, afflicted by doubt, vexed and … Read more
I am in turmoil, more so than for a long, long time. All my life I have opposed the blank ballot. I have written articles against it,much more convincing than the current propaganda cliches of Yossi Sarid.the Ehud Barak slip, my hand will tremble and refuse. I know all the arguments. A blank ballot is … Read more
We Israelis need a scarecrow to frighten ourselves, one frightening enough to pumpadrenaline into our national bloodstream. Otherwise, it seems, we cannot function. Once it was the Palestinian charter. Very few Palestinians ever read it, even fewerremembered what it said, but we compelled the Palestinians to abolish its paragraphs in asolemn ceremony. Who remembers it … Read more
Two boxers enter the ring. One is a heavy-weight champion, his opponent is a feather-weight.Everyone expects a knock-out at the beginning of the first round. But, miraculously, the first round ends – and there is no knock-out. The second round ends – noknock-out. When the feather-weight is still standing up after the third and fourth … Read more
It resembles a movie on the mafia. The heads of two “families” meet, embrace and kiss eachother. On the way home, the “soldiers” of one family wait in ambush for the other one and”liquidate” them. This has happened now in Israel. And not in the mafia. We heard the Palestinian version of this event last … Read more
The devil knows who put into Barak’s head the four words “end of the conflict”. When he demanded to put the “end of the conflict” into the “frame-work agreement” (anotherBarak coinage), he put the refugee issue squarely onto the negotiating table. Since then it’sbeen lying there like a ticking bomb. It was self-evident that no … Read more