tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post7413226045914791099..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Israel at 60: Two ReevaluationsYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-62098076119648941502008-05-08T22:53:00.000+03:002008-05-08T22:53:00.000+03:00FROM CAROL HERMANShimon Peres is a scoundrel. Who...FROM CAROL HERMAN<BR/><BR/>Shimon Peres is a scoundrel. Who couldn't win by popular appeal. Therefore, much of his success lays in the journalism trap. He's able to leak to the press. And, his "enemies" suffer.<BR/><BR/>It was very telling, to me, when Arik Sharon dubbed him Man #2. Yet put Olmert in that very seat. So when Sharon stroked, the prize didn't go to Peres. But to Olmert. Perhaps, for no other reason that #2 didn't include a Labor gain, should Sharon not finish his term?<BR/><BR/>It was, in my estimation, quite a block!<BR/><BR/>Today, you can buy Rodger Claire's book: RAID ON THE SUN. That tells the Israeli story about Osarik. In it, on one page, you'd learn that the operation was supposed to go off on May 10, 1981. But that the night before, Peres sent a hand-written, hand-delivered, not to Menachem Begin, letting the cat out of the bag on that mission. So it was scrubbed.<BR/><BR/>It seems that Ezer Weizman's big mouth informed Shimon.<BR/><BR/>But Begin, Arik Sharon, and Irvy, did not let this get in the way of re-planning. Again, putting the 8 IDF aircraft skyward.<BR/><BR/>It's an amazing story!<BR/><BR/>Years in the planning. And, at first using F-15's. Until, in 1979, the Shah of Iran fell. And, the American aircraft carrier was stuck with nearly 100 F-16's on their line. With no one to buy them. Hence, the call from Jimmy Carter's White House, to Begin.<BR/><BR/>See? I told you the book was exciting stuff!<BR/><BR/>Peres' letter is translated into English. And, is there to read. DISGUSTING! So what happens?<BR/><BR/>In Irsrael, Katzav is forced to give up his seat; so that the unpopular Peres can become president.<BR/><BR/>ONLY IN ISRAEL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-68213302881946786342008-05-08T22:11:00.000+03:002008-05-08T22:11:00.000+03:00IMO, the most significant admission from Peres's i...IMO, the most significant admission from Peres's interview is this one:<BR/><BR/>Haaretz: <I>It seems that you are blaming the Palestinians more than in the past.</I><BR/><BR/>Peres: <I>That's true. We became more flexible and they became more extreme.</I><BR/><BR/>One must raise the obvious question: <I>Why?</I> <BR/><BR/>Why is it that Israel's ever increasing willingness to accommodate the Palestinians' demands is rarely acknowledged by them and never reciprocated? <BR/><BR/>It's tragic that virtually no one at the <I>Peace Now</I> end of our political spectrum, including Peres himself, is willing to grapple with this question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com