A FRIEND of mine in Warsaw told me about a Polish journalist who visited Israel for the first time. On his return he reported with great excitement: “You know what I’ve discovered? In Israel, too, there are Jews!”
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„EINE KATASTROPHE!“ riefen die Höflinge des Königs von Hannover. „Sieben berühmte Professoren der Göttinger Universität haben eine Protesterklärung gegen Euch veröffentlicht!“ Das war vor 173 Jahren. Der König hatte die liberale Verfassung aufgehoben, die von seinem Vorgänger erlassen wurde. „Na, und?“ erwiderte der König, „Nutten, Tänzer und Professoren kann ich immer kaufen.“
“A DISASTER!” the courtiers of the King of Hanover cried, “Seven renowned professors at Göttingen University have published a declaration of protest against you!” That was 173 years ago. The king had suspended the liberal constitution enacted by his predecessor. “So what,” the king replied, “Tarts, dancers and professors I can always buy.”
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ON SATURDAY evening, two weeks ago, we returned by taxi from the annual memorial rally for Yitzhak Rabin, and as usual got into a conversation with our driver.
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Another provocative settlement In East Jerusalem.
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„HALB UND HALB,“ habe der verstorbene Ministerpräsident Levi Eshkol geantwortet, als er gefragt worden sei, ob er Tee oder Kaffee wünschte. Dieser Scherz sollte seine zögerliche Haltung am Vorabend des Sechs-Tage-Krieges parodieren. (Übrigens: geheime Dokumente, die in dieser Woche veröffentlicht wurden, zeigen Eshkol in einem ganz anderen Licht.)
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“HALF AND HALF,” the late Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol, is said to have answered, when asked whether he wanted tea or coffee. This joke was intended to parody his hesitation on the eve of the Six-day War. (Though secret documents published this week show Eshkol in a very different light.)
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