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OPINION
& COMMENT
Reflections on Prime Minister Barak
After announcing less than a week ago that he wanted new
general elections and then working the rest of the week to
avoid them, Prime Minister Barak finally decided -- without
consulting any of his ministers or senior politicians or
advisors -- that he will resign and thereby cause new
elections for prime minister but not for the entire
Knesset.
A Unique Nation
By HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira
We are currently suffering from disturbances in Eretz
Yisroel and our enemies in chutz la'aretz are
also convening against us. Let us consider how the Guardian
of Israel has dealt with His people during all our years in
golus and what Chazal have to say about the period we
are living in.
Greatness In Righteousness, Greatness In Wickedness: A
Shmuess for Parshas Vayishlach
By HaRav Sholom Schwadron zt'l
"And Yaakov sent mal'ochim to Eisov his brother . . .
" (Bereishis 32:4). Rashi explains, "They were actual
mal'ochim." (Although there are two opinions among
Chazal whether these were real mal'ochim or human
emissaries, Rashi concurs with the first opinion.) We, of
course, have no idea what mal'ochim are. Even if we
think of the closest thing we can imagine, some kind of holy
flaming beings, we are nowhere near the truth, for
mal'ochim are wholly spiritual. How can we, as flesh
and blood, comprehend them?
A World that is Wholly Good
by L. Jungerman
"And he lifted up his eyes and he saw the women and the
children and he said: Who are these with you? And he said:
These are the children whom Hashem has graciously given your
servant."
Politica
by E. Rauchberger
Barak and the Arab Vote
Barak has made clear signs that although he has
unequivocally supported direct prime ministerial elections
for years, he is now beginning to lean in favor of doing
away with them. Barak used to say that without direct
elections he would have had no chance of being elected prime
minister, since voters would have voted according to party
lines as in the past, resulting in the traditional tie in
the Knesset with a slight tilt to the right, which would
have given the office of prime minister to Binyamin
Netanyahu.
Exactly the Same, but Oh So Different
by A. Yitzchaki
What is so nice about the Israeli judicial system is its
flexibility and its ability to adapt itself to every case
individually.
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