Listening to the morning news just now, they mentioned that the Israeli political party of Shas has officially launched its elections campaign under the slogan of, how original, “Yes, we can!”
Hilarious, really. Shas is the only political party in Israel that successfully runs under the ethnic card, playing on the rift between Ashkenazi and Mizrahi [...]
Posts Tagged ‘politics’
The Black Revival of Shas?
Israelis for Obama
Apparently some Israelis are taking an active side in the American elections. I happen to know from my cat forums just how emotional and heated up these elections can get. Cats and politics? Well, yes, we have a special forum dedicated to debates and current events and let me tell you, these elections generate quite [...]
In Defense of Olmert
Just read this post by Liza Rosenberg -
The Little Ass that Could
Eloquent as always, Liza expresses a common view in Israel these days: that the entire peace initiative vis-a-vis the Syrians is nothing more than a media spin produced by Olmert to save his seat -
Under normal circumstances, I would probably be guardedly thrilled at [...]
