Expat in Israel.

Monday, November 21, 2005

Did I read this right?

Sharon's new party would likely attempt to form a coaltion with Labor, Shinui, and even Meretz-Yahad, in addition to gaining parliamentary support from Arab factions in the next Knesset.
Even Meretz?

I want to update this with a summary of a conversation with a co-worker over lunch. He is a fervent supporter of Moshe Feiglin and is enthusiastic about Likud now that Sharon has left.
"Yes, we've been entering Likud for some years now and we do have a plan. Kick out the Americans from the Middle East and take over the oil fields. The Arabs can stay and work for us. "
He also mentioned used biological weapons against Arab states. My other co-worker assured me that he is serious. I find it hard to believe.

15 comments:

Liza said...

Methinks you need to find a different lunch partner...

ontheface said...

Methinks She has a point. You might also consider informing your supervisor that there may be a paranoid schizophrenic working at the company.

Adrian said...

Co worker 'I' tells me he is not alone in his views.

Cathy said...

I met someone with similar views in Israel some years ago. This person wanted to blow up the al asqa mosque on the temple mount and deport all arabs from Israel.

Sadly Israel has more people with these extremist views than we would like to admit - as seen from the vitrioil pouring into blogs such as ours during the Gaza disengagement.

Liza said...

So true, Cathy, so true. And, an interesting choice of words you used, if I may say so! :-) Almost caustic, even...

Cathy said...

LOL :-D
That's a rather acidic remark, knuk knuk knuk.

He said...

You're all "sad bastards", the lot of you! :-)

Liza said...

Acidic, are you sure it was acidic? No, really, I think it was caustic. Of course, we must be careful here, verify all the facts. People may start to believe that it really was acidic and not just caustic. Acidic could be dangerous, while caustic would be acceptable. Take responsibility for your words, woman! :-)

nrg said...

Now, now... let's tone down the banter, people...things could get ugly here.. these comments are getting quite corrosive...

Adrian said...

acerbic comments are allowed...

Cathy said...

OOOOOHhhhhh aren't we all awful.

Who was it that said that a revolution without comedy and laughter is no such thing? Marx (Groucho?) Emma Goldman?

ontheface said...

Emma Goldman, my heroine (I like to think of her as my namesake;)). After she was deported from the USA for her anarchist and anti-war activity she went to Russia, where she lived through and was disappointed by the 1917 revolution. "Comrades," she told the dour apparatchiks, "If I can't dance, it's not my revolution."

But I don't think she meant to imply a desire to dance on the roof of a synagogue. ;)

Liza said...

Aha, dancing. So that's what they were doing up there. "Dancing". Admittedly though, some of those people definitely got carried away...

ontheface said...

Well, maybe just a tad carried away. Maybe they took some LSD - otherwise known as...? :P

Cathy said...

aacccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeddddddddddddddddd!

Of course, Emma Goldman - thanks! I'm sure she would have approved of the weapons of comedy, irony and parody as well as her dancing.