Chewed Up Alive
"Israeli reporters tend to swallow up their politicians and
spit out the remains." -- The New York Times,
describing the Israeli media, in reply to American reporters
who were shocked by an interview with Bill Clinton on
Channel Two, in which the interviewer interrupted Clinton
"in typical Israeli style"
Reciprocity
"The chances that Barak voted for Peres in the prime
ministerial elections are definitely better than the chances
that Barak voted for Peres in the presidential elections." --
Peres supporters responding to accusations of disloyalty
made by Barak supporters.
Early Warnings
"If anyone is to blame, it is those who stood alongside
Barak, nurturing empty hopes, misleading him regarding
surveys and fawning upon him. I told Barak that we were
heading for a fall, but he wasn't willing to listen to the
truth." -- Haim Ramon, returning fire.
Cash Cow
"This time I inserted a white slip, although my family has
been bound to the Labor Party for 20 years. A friend of mine
sold his only cow 30 years ago and left us without milk just
to buy votes for the Labor Party. But they turned their
backs on us, and we decided to teach them a lesson." --
Razi Samara, restaurant owner in the Arab city of Tira in
the North, recounting his personal political history to
Ha'aretz.
Parliamentary Diagnosis
"It seems that peace will prevail here only after many
Israelis have lost their lives." - MK Hasham Machmid, member
of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, at a
gathering in Umm el Faham.
