A question of holiness

A question of holiness

Pinhas Walerstein, hailed by part of the Israeli media as "a moderate settler", a few days ago called upon fellow settlers "not to harm the IDF's holiness".

The IDF's holiness. The holy IDF. The Holy Army. In every other country of the Western Democratic World, to which Israel so much wants to belong, these words would sound very strange, not exactly part of 2010.

In the Middle Ages, indeed, there were such things. Holy Armies there were all over Europe, orders of fighting monks which went on Crusades and Holy Wars. But all this went out of fashion, hundreds upon hundreds of years ago.

At those times, Jews did not have Holy Armies. Jews who had to bad fortune to find themselves on the path of a Holy Army often had a very bitter fate. But it seems that about a thousand years out of schedule, somebody is trying to make up for lost time, create here a Holy Army and send us by an express train back to the Middle Ages.

Note: This blog is going on vacation until February 1.

On lions and ambassadors

Five hundred years ago, Niccolò Machiavelli wrote an advice to princes, which is quite good also to deputy foreign ministers: If you don't want to fight the lion, better not wake him. If you don't want to fight the Turks, better not insult their ambassador, be forced to apologize, and in total make yourself look ridiculous twice within twenty-four hours.

http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3834078,00.html

The Cream Commission

"Investigators of the IDF's Military Police Investigative Section have compiled a report with a clear conclusion: most of the Goldstone Report's charges, regarding the army's conduct in Gaza, are completely baseless" (Amir Buchbut in Ma'ariv, January 12, 2010). .

Thus spake the cat: You demanded an investigation – you got one! I appointed a commission of veteran investigators from the Investigative Cat Police and they reached a clear and unequivocal conclusion: I did not eat the cream, there had never been any cream to begin with, and besides - the cream is still right there on the plate. Enough with all the lies and fabrications of these anti-Semitic mice!

A diplomatic insult

A diplomatic insult

The Deputy Foreign Minister of the State of Israel summoned the Ambassador of Turkey, in order to administer a whole series of calculated public insults.

This is not the first time in history when a country deliberately insults the representative of another country. Usually, such acts are the prelude to war.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1142115.html

Comparing Prices

Prime Minister Netanyahu decided to build a fence all along Israel's border with Egypt, in order to prevent the entry of refugees from Africa. Building the new fence will cost about a billion and four hundred millions of Shekels.

How many refugees could be housed in five-star hotels for the sum of a billion and four hundred millions of Shekels?

Who cares?

Last Thursday, the planning committee of the Jerusalem municipality decided to approve construction of a new settlement enclave in a Palestinian area, near Mount Olive. Like its predecessors in the neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, also this settlement will be surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards.

By coincidence – or not – on the very next day George Mitchell, President Obama's envoy, made a far from veiled threat. He mentioned that under American law, the government of the United States has the right to suspend loan guarantees given to Israel, and that one president – George Bush Senior – did exactly that in reaction to conspicuous settlement construction under Israeli PM Yitzchak Shamir.

"We can do without the American loan guarantees" hurried Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz to say. Is that really so? So then perhaps Israel also does not need the three billion dollars which it gets annually. And the constant stream of fighter airplanes and helicopter gunships and tanks and military supplies of all types and kinds - all superfluous. And the American veto at the UN Security Council, where the Goldstone report will be presented for renewed discussion within two months...

What do we care as long as we have an alliance with the Settler Council?

Liebermania

In an opinion poll among Israeli citizens, more than 90% said that the state of Israel is suffering from a negative image in the world.

Also Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman thinks so, and he came up with a good solution. This week Lieberman convened all the 150 ambassadors who represent Israel throughout the world and sharply berated them for not defending adequately Israel's National Honor. He instructed the gathered ambassadors to respond from now on with great firmness whenever anyone voices a criticism of Israel (which is as you know happening more and more often all over the world).

Some of Lieberman's listeners, professional diplomats with many years' experience, wanted to express some reservations about the words of the minister, but were given no chance. After reprimanding them for being too servile Lieberman departed, leaving no time for questions or remarks.

As is well known, Avigdor Lieberman started his career as a bouncer in Jerusalem night clubs, throwing out anyone whose behavior displeased the owner. By all accounts, he was effective and successful in this job. It might be a good idea for the Foreign Minster to locate among his former colleagues in the night club scene those most fitting to guard our National Honor. These should be appointed ambassadors and replace the flaccid, timid diplomats who now fill these positions. Anytime when a word of criticism is heard, our ambassador will roll the bastard down the stairs. No one will dare any more to impugn Israel's National Honor!