tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post6087597556203717798..comments2023-10-26T06:29:39.824-07:00Comments on The Magnes Zionist: Michael Oren’s Purim Torah in JuneJerry Haberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173892714754718716noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-25681789297896656282008-06-23T04:30:00.000-07:002008-06-23T04:30:00.000-07:00As if there is much of a difference between the Ma...As if there is much of a difference between the Mapainiks and the Neocons....Jerry Haberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173892714754718716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-82441046988995616942008-06-22T05:33:00.000-07:002008-06-22T05:33:00.000-07:00The way you put you might actually convince me tha...The way you put you might actually convince me that Michael Oren is really a neo-conservative and that the Shalem Center hasn't been hijacked by Mapainiks..........Ben Bayithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540723595738423002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-26015549149293234532008-06-20T20:10:00.000-07:002008-06-20T20:10:00.000-07:00The 9/11 PTSD'niks in Israel and more importantly ...The 9/11 PTSD'niks in Israel and more importantly in the US will continue their delusion that Iraq and Iran being invaded will cure their recurrent 9/11 nightmares until they seek help or slit Israel's wrists. <BR/>Dealing with a mentally ill person is hard enough dealing with a mentally ill nation is an incredible challenge. Let us hope for the best but I expect the worst--compared with what we have in Washington and Jrusalem, CE 65 looks like a hopeful period. I just hope there are rabbis and teachers who will know how to reinvent a viable Judaism after things go badly. <BR/><BR/>15th Adar? its more and more like the 17th Tammuz!<BR/>-PloniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-70213664708215067582008-06-19T18:43:00.000-07:002008-06-19T18:43:00.000-07:00But some Israelis actually believe this crap.You'r...<I>But some Israelis actually believe this crap.</I><BR/><BR/>You're right. Some do. <BR/><BR/>And I keep telling them that Hamas doesn't have that many cards in its deck besides Shalit. <BR/><BR/>Take it from this Palestinian, Israel is respected (alongside being disdained - both sentiments are hardly mutually exclusive) by Arabs for valuing the human life of its soldiers and citizens in general. No other country in the Middle East fashions its military response to bombardment of its cities around the captivity of a single soldier.<BR/><BR/>In any case, the fear of Hamas' rearmament is exaggerated, just like Hamas' own rhetoric is exaggerated. Every time a Hamas leader is assassinated you hear talk about the earth shaking below the Zionists. Little of which has happened. <BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>On a Hamas related note, Mahmoud Al Zahar appeared recently on a BBC show called Hardtalk. I was (pleasantly) surprised when several Palestinians in the audience grilled him on the bombing of Sderot and the killing of civilians in general. I wouldn't go as far to say that there's been a monumental shift in Palestinian attitudes, but all such little signs are encouraging and welcome in our region. <BR/><BR/>Salam<BR/><BR/>NizoNizohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906548939732203589noreply@blogger.com