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It didn’t take minutes before the coalition rejected the President’s proposal.  And all he really said was that it was a basis for discussion.  Listen to the President for goodness sake.  He’s giving everyone something to base their discussions on and still no one is talking to anyone else. 

Me, I would be talking to Ahmed Tibi – but I can’t find his phone or email.  If you have a clue, let me know.  Wait, I know people from his town.  Why is this important to me?  Because I have always loved his personality, and have written about him in the past, but he has been ignored and dissed so much in the past few years, I’m not surprised no Arab trusts us.  As he once said to an empty Knesset hall – in Yiddish yet -“When the poor people get up to dance, the musicians break to take a piss.”   

 

listen to him – March 16, 2023 Read Post »

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Warning of civil war, Herzog unveils framework for judicial reform; PM rejects it | The Times of Israel

Herzog uses the expression “the golden path.” which may sound as if he considers his proposal perfect, but the translation is wrong – it is the phrase used for a compromise, the middle ground, and it is imperative at this point, because, as he says, we ARE on the brink of a civil war.

Where are the Arabs, who would benefit by this compromise?  On the sidelines, waiting for the civil war.  And I am sure their lives would not be improved in any way if this country imploded.  It is like Hertzl said in his Altneuland, we complement each other, and we have all greatly benefitted from each others’ society.

So, if there is anyone of influence in any party you can write to, see what you can do to influence him to support this middle road.  The president is finally saying something, and it is something we should listen to. 

My Arab and Druze friends, please help out!  I promise you it will be worth it.

 

 

president herzog – marh 16, 2023 Read Post »

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The President has now announced a compromise – I haven’t had a chance to read it properly and already the criticisms are coming at him from all angles.  He really worked hard on this compromise and the compromises I would have to make really hurt – but they are the only thing that would save us,  

One thing is clear – this is the first time I have heard attention paid to the Arab population since before the last elections.  

But I have to read things more carefully.

The President’s Compromise – March 15, 2023 Read Post »

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Yesterday a terrorist crossed the Lebanese border, exactly next door to my friend’s house, hitched rides to Megiddo, and apparently blew up a big Hizballah bomb, wounding seriously a young Arab man who happened to be driving by.  Everyone is wondering how he got there and why – but I, who often get my facts wrong, see the symbolism in Megiddo – or Armageddon in English.     Don’t you?

armageddon – March 15, 2023 Read Post »

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“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in a large group,” said George Carlin.  And the “stupidization” of this country that has been progressing for the past dozen years or so is finally paying off.  When the Minister of Health says that the blood bank has been emptying because the forms were changed with the last minister from “mother and father” to “parent 1 and parent 2,” people stopped donating, you have to understand what it means.  Either everybody is crazy or he is.

And I am apparently following the trend.  When I told the cardiologist today that the high dose I’ve been given lately is making me stupid, he said – very gently, “It isn’t the pills….”

  

titanic – March 14, 2023 Read Post »

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because we have doctors’ appointments today that begin before 8 a.m. I was up at 5:30 and completely alert, a rare thing in these days when I am being pumped with an overdose of heart medicine.  And ready for the day that began with a crane falling into the sea because of the weather, and the laws being passed to protect Bibi from being excused from his position.  No laws to protect people from accidents, to control emissions, to improve the economy, to protect citizens’ rights – we don’t have time for that.

before the day – March 14, 2023 Read Post »

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Almost everyone I know is doing whatever can be done to stop the destruction of democracy in the government.  Last night I spent the evening with a bunch of lawyer friends who are all active in different ways.   One writes articles, one speaks in government committees, one teaches in East Jerusalem, and others are not allowed to speak about what they are doing.  Everyone has a finger in the dyke, but the dyke is big and the waters are high and very dangerous.  

Finger in the Dyke – March 13, 2023 Read Post »

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i’m going to separate the negative from the semi-positive.  First, gentrification.  Until the government started behaving like they really believe the messiah is coming next week, our biggest problem was gentrification.  That is, old prople are being encouraged to leave their apartments in Tel Aviv for a few years while they are being updated, fortified, enlarged, and beautified.  The problem is, we don’t want to go.  

So, a play centered around the attempts to find a grandson for a woman so that she will want to upgrade her residence was very relevant.  A little less now, but still good.  Here are some scenes:

It’s called, Ï’m your grandmother” and it stars Rivka Michaeli, and I already wrote something about it, but of course I don’t remember.

 

gentrification – march 13, 2023 Read Post »