Tag Archives: Menachen Begin

souvenirs: glory days?

remember when….Is reality that the peace agreement with Egypt is an on-going fraud, “cold” peace or not. Some in Israel claim that it died before it was born and the semblance of peace is an illusion foisted on the Israeli … Continue reading

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while my sword gently weeps

A shattering of certainty that had been shaky, even crumbling at best. The illusion beased on liberal enlightenment principles that peace was just at hand, and that reason and logic would bring out men’s better nature shaping a happy-ever-after ending … Continue reading

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water under the allenby bridge

A lot of water under London Bridge and the Allenby Bridge. The Jordan seems to flow into the Thames. Somehow. It took Speke, Burton and Brown many years to locate the source of the Nile, but the Thames? Zionism, the … Continue reading

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ascending to the temple mount

Twenty-eight years in opposition. Twenty-eight years as head of the official opposition. That was Menachem Begin. No where else in the world would someone ply on, election after election destined for official opposition status. The story goes, that Begin met … Continue reading

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sixty-four

Sixty-four. The number of squares on a chessboard. The age of the modern state of Israel. An auspicious sign being as it is intrinsically linked to the Golden Mean and the divine proportion. Chess is an ancient game combining skill … Continue reading

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footprints in the desert sand: eternal dust

A divine foundation for nature. Even human nature. The whole thing would probably be unintelligible to alien beings and the cold reason of modern rationalism, scientific inquiry that tends to fudge the facts, cannot really explain it. So, there must … Continue reading

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