Yep its that time of year again when almost half of Israel (the Left) accuse the other half of Israel (the Right) for killing former PM Yitzhak Rabin. This annual charade this orchestrated political frenzy lasts about two weeks due to the usual discrepancy between his Yahrtzeit (death date in the Hebrew calendar) and the day of his murder Nov. 4th in the secular calendar.
The Left religiously bemoans every year the loss of the Peace Process" and how the Rabin Legacy" is disappearing. There might be some truth to that. According to a recent opinion poll from the Jewish People Policy Institute only about 15 percent of Israeli Jews planned to attend memorial events dedicated to Rabin.
But whats not disappearing so fast is memory of his quick wit. Who can forget Rabins diatribe They can spin around and around like propellers..."
Or Rabin calling suffering Israelis hiding in bomb shelters Crybabies" because they complained about coming under Hezbollah rocket fire in northern Israel and called on the Israeli government to put an end to the missile attacks.
Earlier in his career Rabin called the nascent Samarian town of Kedumim a bloated fart." And said Gush Emunim the religious Zionist settlement movement...is comparable to a cancer in the tissue of Israels democratic society."
Rabin regularly belittled Israelis who left the country for greener pastures. He would routinely call Israeli emigrants nefolet she nemushot" (the fallout of weaklings).
And who can forget his disgustingly coarse description of victims of suicide bombings as Korbanot LShalom" (sacrifices for peace) while the nation bled and screamed out in pain.
The Peace Process must go on at all costs" could have been his slogan.
Name-calling political opponents seems to be something Rabin and Trump both have in common.
Then theres their pursuit of the delusionary Peace Deal" between Israelis and Palestinians.
What they dont have in common is drinking smoking and womanizing. Rabin was a chain-smoker and evidently an alcoholic too. Trump never touched the stuff. But he has touched a few women in his day. Whereas Rabin seems to have been a faithful husband.
Leah Rabin and her husband certainly were like mindedSometimes I think despite the fact that we are Jewish and the right is Jewish that it would be easier to find a common language with Palestinians and Arabs" she told an interviewer once. Because we the right and left in Israel live on two different planets." In contrast to her rebuke of the Israeli Right after Rabins murder she said she was moved by the condolences offered by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat.
The Talmud Yoma 22b will shed some light R. Huna explained: Saul sinned once and it brought calamity upon him he lost his kingship David sinned twice and it did not bring evil upon him. What was the one sin of Saul? The affair with Agag not killing the Amalekite king. What were the two sins of David? The sin against Uriah and that of counting the people to which he was enticed."
Both of Davids sins were considered personal and he kept the kingship while Sauls one sin was of a national-political nature and therefor he lost the right to rule.
Similarly Trumps name calling is of a personal-attack nature so too his other indiscretions were personal.
But with Rabin the name-calling was meant to delegitimize vast numbers whole sectors of the Israeli population so that he could carry out his ill-conceived political policies.
And lets not forget the Rabin Legacy." After firing on the ship the Altelana in 1948 Rabin commanding soldiers on the shore ordered the fledgling IDF to open-fire on defenseless Irgunists in the water fleeing the sinking ship killing many.
Much Jewish blood was on his hands...
While Trump has sworn to protect Americans beefing-up Americas defense posture and pursuing an America First" agenda; Rabin helped establish a Palestinian beachhead on the Israeli body politic a terrorist mini-state in our midst that has led to thousands of deaths.
So Trump like King David has had personal failings but that didnt cause them the loss of leadership. With all that could be said against Trump at least he tries to defend America and protect Americans from external enemies.
That couldnt be said of the Rabin Legacy." Rabins sins were of a national-political nature just like King Saul and so too like Saul he fell.
Pity Yitzhak Rabin didnt put Israel First."
Ariel Natan Pasko an independent analyst and consultant has a Masters Degree specializing in International Relations Political Economy & Policy Analysis. His articles appear regularly on numerous news/views and think-tank websites and in newspapers. His latest articles can also be read on his archive: The Think Tank by Ariel Natan Pasko.
(c) 2018/5779 Pasko
Yep its that time of year again when almost half of Israel (the Left) accuse the other half of Israel (the Right) for killing former PM Yitzhak Rabin. This annual charade this orchestrated political frenzy lasts about two weeks due to the usual discrepancy between his Yahrtzeit (death date in the Hebrew calendar) and the day of his murder Nov. 4th in the secular calendar.
The Left religiously bemoans every year the loss of the Peace Process" and how the Rabin Legacy" is disappearing. There might be some truth to that. According to a recent opinion poll from the Jewish People Policy Institute only about 15 percent of Israeli Jews planned to attend memorial events dedicated to Rabin.
But whats not disappearing so fast is memory of his quick wit. Who can forget Rabins diatribe They can spin around and around like propellers..."
Or Rabin calling suffering Israelis hiding in bomb shelters Crybabies" because they complained about coming under Hezbollah rocket fire in northern Israel and called on the Israeli government to put an end to the missile attacks.
Earlier in his career Rabin called the nascent Samarian town of Kedumim a bloated fart." And said Gush Emunim the religious Zionist settlement movement...is comparable to a cancer in the tissue of Israels democratic society."
Rabin regularly belittled Israelis who left the country for greener pastures. He would routinely call Israeli emigrants nefolet she nemushot" (the fallout of weaklings).
And who can forget his disgustingly coarse description of victims of suicide bombings as Korbanot LShalom" (sacrifices for peace) while the nation bled and screamed out in pain.
The Peace Process must go on at all costs" could have been his slogan.
Name-calling political opponents seems to be something Rabin and Trump both have in common.
Then theres their pursuit of the delusionary Peace Deal" between Israelis and Palestinians.
What they dont have in common is drinking smoking and womanizing. Rabin was a chain-smoker and evidently an alcoholic too. Trump never touched the stuff. But he has touched a few women in his day. Whereas Rabin seems to have been a faithful husband.
Leah Rabin and her husband certainly were like mindedSometimes I think despite the fact that we are Jewish and the right is Jewish that it would be easier to find a common language with Palestinians and Arabs" she told an interviewer once. Because we the right and left in Israel live on two different planets." In contrast to her rebuke of the Israeli Right after Rabins murder she said she was moved by the condolences offered by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat.
The Talmud Yoma 22b will shed some light R. Huna explained: Saul sinned once and it brought calamity upon him he lost his kingship David sinned twice and it did not bring evil upon him. What was the one sin of Saul? The affair with Agag not killing the Amalekite king. What were the two sins of David? The sin against Uriah and that of counting the people to which he was enticed."
Both of Davids sins were considered personal and he kept the kingship while Sauls one sin was of a national-political nature and therefor he lost the right to rule.
Similarly Trumps name calling is of a personal-attack nature so too his other indiscretions were personal.
But with Rabin the name-calling was meant to delegitimize vast numbers whole sectors of the Israeli population so that he could carry out his ill-conceived political policies.
And lets not forget the Rabin Legacy." After firing on the ship the Altelana in 1948 Rabin commanding soldiers on the shore ordered the fledgling IDF to open-fire on defenseless Irgunists in the water fleeing the sinking ship killing many.
Much Jewish blood was on his hands...
While Trump has sworn to protect Americans beefing-up Americas defense posture and pursuing an America First" agenda; Rabin helped establish a Palestinian beachhead on the Israeli body politic a terrorist mini-state in our midst that has led to thousands of deaths.
So Trump like King David has had personal failings but that didnt cause them the loss of leadership. With all that could be said against Trump at least he tries to defend America and protect Americans from external enemies.
That couldnt be said of the Rabin Legacy." Rabins sins were of a national-political nature just like King Saul and so too like Saul he fell.
Pity Yitzhak Rabin didnt put Israel First."
Ariel Natan Pasko an independent analyst and consultant has a Masters Degree specializing in International Relations Political Economy & Policy Analysis. His articles appear regularly on numerous news/views and think-tank websites and in newspapers. His latest articles can also be read on his archive: The Think Tank by Ariel Natan Pasko.
(c) 2018/5779 Pasko