Names.
Names.
Israpundit“You may be living in another country under another name
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You’re gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody “
Bob Dylan : Gotta Serve Somebody
David Bar-Hayim who has quite a following, last heard complaining about “ Electoral Jihad”
and at the other end of the pole Ummah Unity proclaiming the approaching doomsday
Just in case you’ve been wondering but were never quite sure where on earth the name came from, if perchance you’ve read Saul Bellow of Chicago’s splendid novel Herzog , then you have no doubt where that name came from - indeed, its connection with the Holy Land is irretrievable, if not indisputable
Now, this is about Israel’s President Isaac Herzog giving Gadi Eisenkot 28+14 days max to form a government or get lost - or perhaps not to get entirely lost entirely but to be waiting in the wings to see what the super political savvy survival dude Benjamin Netanyahu comes up with when given half a chance to form a new government at a point when his own personal future and more importantly the future of Israel depends on it.
The future of Israel ! Way back here was the always philosophical Shimon Peres pontificating on the matter in his thick Yiddish accent: Conversations with Shimon Peres:
And that is essentially what it's all about. Both gentlemen have probably sworn on their mother's grave that they will never - God forbid - in any shape or form work with the Arab Parties that have garnered an unprecedented 19 seats in their Israeli Knesset - a testimony to Israel’s much touted claim to fame as the only Democracy in the entire Middle East, as you yourself, whoever you are , or think that you are, cannot imagine 19 Seats going to the Jewish Party ( if permitted to exist and to contest an election in any of the countries in Israel's neighbourhood, be it Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia , or Iraq or, a long shot, The Islamic Republic of Iran, because in these countries the possibility of any Israel-friendly party contesting an election is simply out of the question. During the sunny days of Hafez al-Assad you were liable to get arrested by plain clothes security/ undercover agents for merely breathing the word “Israel" - and this was especially so after Eli Cohen was hanged and before Hafez lost The Golan.
Talking about Peres’ thick Polish accent, it is worthwhile pointing out what I heard the other day on Al-Jazeera, that Netanyahu trumps Eisenkot when it comes to mastery of the American English Language, the main vehicle through which amicable relations can possibly be conducted by any Israeli with a view to winning more favours from Israel's best friend in the White House, Donald J. Trump, the Potus.
Sadly, they say that Eisenkot doesn’t speak English.
Dumb duck doesn’t know how to quack in English;
Dumb duck cannot charm lame duck ,
cannot establish that rapport…
But in the unlikely eventuality that Eisenkot singlehandedly prevails, we are to assume that all is not lost. Big burly, bulldozer Warrior Ariel Sharon, with whom Eisenkot has a remarkable facial resemblance, never said , “ We own America”, but Kofi Annan’s godmother Madeleine Albright ( a Democrat ) wasn’t mincing words back then when she talked about “rock solid”
Can it ever be otherwise?
The Arab parties' default position seems to be “Anybody but Netanyahu!”
Despite Eisenkot’s 4 conditions , perhaps not etched in stone ,
they seem to see some kind of Rabin in him and to that end
“the peace of the brave, not the peace of the grave”,
as Chairman Arafat used to say, far be it from them to
take the position of "better the devil you know than the devil you don't" ,
and thus they may be in for some unpleasant surprises with regard to
two state solutions, and in the final analysis, the Jewish character of
the post-Zionist State known as Israel
“Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past?
And with this crutch
Its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last"
And the wind cries
"Mary"
Jimi Hendrix : The Wind Cries Mary
Matters arising : Trump may be remorsefully licking some of the midterm election wounds
he has suffered and blaming it all on his buddy Netanyahu for leading him up the garden path
about subduing Iran in a mere three days, even as he continues singing his mantra,”Iran will
never have a nuclear weapon”, when for all we know, Iran already has more than one, and from
Iran’s point of view, with Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala on their side, they surely have someone more
useful and more powerful than Donald J Trump or any other warmonger….
Secondly, isn’t it patently absurd that Eisenkot and allies who only managed to get 48 mandates
whereas the Netanyahu block got 53, isn't it absurd that Eisenkot should ever toy with the idea
of enlisting support from the Israeli-Arab political bloc, even if they have formally condemned
or renounced the Muslim Brotherhood ?
Perhaps, even more patently absurd, the idea that Netanyahu is their enemy and the willing or
unwilling supporters from the Arab bloc are their friends ?
And thus we are back to Dry Bones, that it is not always the case that
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” in this his blog piece titled
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