tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post6368361626027274570..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Yaacov Hopes for the Best with No ExpectationsYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-42000589877267351122007-11-25T03:00:00.000+02:002007-11-25T03:00:00.000+02:00I apologize for the unpleasant tone of the previou...I apologize for the unpleasant tone of the previous comment. If I were an inhabitant of Jerusalem, I'd probably be running about yelling, "The sky is falling!" It does seem to me that Annapolis has no probability of doing good but a lot of potential for doing harm.<BR/><BR/>So by way of making up for being cynical and unpleasant, a factual question: I keep hearing that if Olmert does this or that, elections may be called early, or his government may "fall," and such-like. We don't have a system like that in the U.S., and I'm always trying to understand it. Doesn't the Prime Minister come up for reelection at a set time? Do election times always have to be ad libbed, or what? And can the Israeli people actually demand an election if they are sufficiently dissatisfied with a politician? How do they do that?Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-52946492516796150922007-11-24T23:43:00.000+02:002007-11-24T23:43:00.000+02:00I'm glad you still think "changing the status of J...I'm glad you still think "changing the status of Jerusalem" (is that a mild-mannered term for dividing Jerusalem with a terrorist state?) is a bad idea. In RtE, you said you'd use your vote to oppose it, which was pretty strong language, all things considered. It's a dreadful idea. That would be the end of the synagogue described at the beginning of the book. Let's hope and pray it doesn't come to that.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.com