THOUGHTS ALONG THE JOURNEY

I am not political and I believe in Israel’s rite to exist. Repeat. I am not political and I believe in Israel’s rite to exist. I am so not political that I am happy to be out of the country for the NSW State Election. I am so not political that I found voting for the delegates for the Franciscan Chapter to be held in Sydney latter this year a real choir. Having said that here is the very first sentence in the Jerusalem Post for 19th March 2007.
“The government is expected to declare on Monday that last summer’s war in Lebanon be called a war.”
Such an intriguing statement was followed by equally intriguing reasoning by the reporter Yaakov Katz. 1] Naming it a war would mean having to pay out more $$$$ in compensation to Israeli families and soldiers. 2] History has shown that only wars that Israel wins get names.

The big push to give it a name is coming from the families of the Israeli soldiers killed in the conflict/war/deadly squabble etc etc. Their loved ones have been deceased for 8 months and they still can’t put a tombstone to mark their graves. Surely this is a massive insult to the families, to the Israeli people and the Lebanese too.

PS. There is no ‘J’ in the Hebrew alphabet. Yaakov, can be translated as Jacob using the English alphabet. Hence Jerusalem is correctly pronounced Yerushaláyim
PPS. So, why they print maps for tourists in English but mostly use Hebrew spelling on road signs I will never know!
PPPS. When is a war not a war. When the Government can’t afford to say it is and/or when it is lost. Reminds me a little of a place called East Timor. (ouch)