UNTIL THE very last moment, the Israeli leadership tried to keep Hosni Mubarak in power. It was hopeless. Even the mighty United States was impotent when faced with this tsunami of popular outrage. In the end it settled for second best: a pro-Western military dictatorship. But will this really be the outcome?
Categorized as: Allgemein
Ă„gypten, Tag 7 des Volksaufstandes: Diktator Husni Mubarak und sein starker Mann Omar Suleiman, seit 1993 Spionage-Chef des „Allgemeinen Nachrichtendienstes“ und seit Samstag Vize-Präsident Mubaraks, klammern sich weiter an eine Macht, die sie längst verloren haben.
Categorized as: Aktuelles • Bevölkerungskontrolle • Dokumentationen • Politik, Diplomatie • Spionage, Attentate
ICH DACHTE immer, dies wäre ein spezifisch israelischer Zug: wann immer ein Skandal nationaler Proportion ausbricht, ignorieren wir die entscheidenden Punkte und lenken unsere Aufmerksamkeit auf zweitrangige Dinge. Dies erspart uns, uns mit den eigentlichen Problemen zu befassen und schmerzliche Entscheidungen zu treffen.
Categorized as: Kommentar • Politik, Diplomatie
I ALWAYS thought this a specifically Israeli trait: whenever a scandal of national proportions breaks out, we ignore the crucial issues and focus our attention on some secondary detail. This spares us having to face the real problems and making painful decisions.
Categorized as: english news
ISRAEL IS, as we well know, the land of unlimited impossibilities. In Israel, for example, the diplomats are striking. A strike of diplomats? But that is impossible! Postmen strike. Longshoremen strike. But diplomats? The most conservative, the most establishment people? The people who serve any Israeli government, whatever its complexion? Who find pretexts for all its actions, whatever they may be? Well, in Israel it is possible. All the Foreign Office services have ceased to function.
Categorized as: Politik, Diplomatie