Quote of the Month

"There is violence in the Zionist-religious community also. Part of this is based on the strong belief in Tzidkat Haderech (the Rightfulness of our Way). If I am right and you are wrong, then I can use violence against you.

The more we distant ourselves from the Exile, we gained self confidence that may lead us to Zeal and Violence."

(Yonatan Basi, an Orthodox Israeli, Director of the Disengagement from Gaza Program)

On Corruption and Hypocrisy

This morning I read this piece by Israel Harel, a settler columnist:
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=703243&contrassID=2&subContrassID=3&sbSubContrassID=0

I was preparing to write my monthly letter to the editor about this, but the talk-backs no. 3, 4, 9 were quicker. Read especially no. 15, a dear woman from the good old Judaism.

Of course Sharon is (was...) corrupted. The point is to hear it from Israel Harel! What a wonderful hypocrisy.
These guys have no problem getting money from a corrupt minister; from a gambling tycoon (Moskowitz); from fundamentalist Christians who will turn antisemitist overnight if that what it takes to convert everybody to Christianity.
All of a sudden they care so much for clean government, transparency, human rights! Welcome messiah!
I guess that only Jews are humans in their eyes (see "חמורו של רכלבסקי").

No more bets, please!...

Following this piece by Miron Benbenisti:
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=703242&contrassID=2&subContrassID=3&sbSubContrassID=0

I had a bet with my friend Amir Shahal:

(Amir:)
Here is a suggested bet:
At least 7,000 will be evacuated by Ulmert until 2010.
The loser will buy dinner for two.

so I took the challenge:

I will buy 1 dinner per every 10,000 of "our brothers" who are brought back home by 2010.
Plus, I will eat:
a Liberal-Orthodox yarmulke, for 7,000
a Kipa Sruga for 10,000
a Braslav yarmulka for 20,000
a baseball hat for 30,000
a ski helmet for 70,000.

As I said, I am an optimist. I think that by 2010, we will all eat SHIT.
(A pessimist is one who doesn't believe that there will be enough shit for everyone).

In response to the Open Ceremony Keynote by Prof. Israel Aumann

Prof. Aumann, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, gave this Keynote Address in the 6th Herzeliah Conference, 2006:
http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Articles/Article.asp?ArticleID=1394&CategoryID=215

Well, I am not one of those who demand to revoke the Nobel price from Prof. Aumann because of his racist views. But I think that his case is an evidence of my claim, that there is no problem of anti-Semitism in particular, but anti-Semitism is part of a wider problem of racism. And racism is a sickness that we suffer from as well.
Prof. Aumann says that the "refugees" are not law breakers? Come on. They broke every law in the book, they had 1000 chances to leave and get all the compensation and alternative housing, but they refused. Sorry, I'm no mother Theresa so I cannot feel mercy for them now that they are living for 6 months is hotels, while most Palestinians who suffered because of those criminals, would love to trade their poor houses for those hotels.Prof. Aumann was asked a question relating to mathematics. Instead of saying: "sorry, this question is not relevant to my profession", he gave a propaganda speech which was completely out of the scope.Never say again that the Europeans are all anti-Semitist, because this racist man got the Nobel price (with full just I assume), which proves that the world is not against us, but we are being criticized on a to-the-point basis for our crimes against the Palestinians.