Interim Forever!

I HAVE three answers,” the Jew told the rabbi when his neighbor sued him for not returning a borrowed jar. “First, I never borrowed a jar from him. Second, the jar was broken. Third, I returned it to him long ago.” Avigdor Lieberman’s Peace Plan shows a similar kind of logic.

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Interim – für immer

„ICH HABE drei Antworten,“ sagte der Jude zum Rabbi, als sein Nachbar ihn verklagte, einen ausgeliehenen Krug nicht zurückgegeben zu haben. „Erstens, ich habe mir niemals einen Krug von ihm ausgeborgt. Zweitens, der Krug war zerbrochen. Drittens, ich gab ihm den Krug vor langer Zeit zurück.“ Avigdor Liebermans Friedensplan zeigt eine ähnliche Art von Logik.

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Ship of Fools 2

THE EXPRESSION “Ship of Fools” was used by a Swiss theologian 515 years ago as the title of a book harshly criticizing the Catholic church of his day. Its licentiousness, he foresaw, would lead to disaster. And indeed, shortly afterwards a monk named Martin Luther split the church and set in motion the great Reformation.

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