Israel's radical left committed suicide, and now the right will kill us all
Some noticed that the original Hebrew headline simply read
Israel's radical left committed suicide
And they tweeted it with Eylon Aslan-Levy noting
Hebrew editors wrote "the left is committing suicide". English editors added some flavour.
I forwarded that to Amos Schocken who wrote:
@ymedad @EylonALevy Nonsense. The English headline is an exact quote from Shavit. Don't be losers: read full texts as well.
So, I did.
The last sentence in Shavit's piece reads:
The radical left, having committed suicide, is now helping the right to kill us all.
Sorry, Mr. Schocken but that is not quite what the headline was conveying when it appears so:
Israel's radical left committed suicide, and now the right will kill us all
The word "helping" is gone.
Is that signifcant?
Well, yes.
Shavit is not only blaming the Left for stupidity but more. He writes that the Left:
it refused to admit the failure of the Oslo Accords, et. al.
it refused to recognize the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip led to rockets on Ashkelon, Ashdod and Tel Aviv
the left is therefore viewed in Israel as delusional, as daydreamers.
the left is disconnected from reality
the left is disconnected from Israeli pride.
the radical left committed suicide when it abnegated itself before the Palestinians.
And, then, his last charge of a guilt is assisting the Right, a double blunder, in his opinion.
So, the headline does not reflect the full text and is not quite an exact quotation.
Mr. Schocken, I would maintain, erred.
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P.S.
Mr. Schocken has now tweeted:
Good, at least you follow my advice.
But not one to yield or admit to fallibility, he now tweets:
Another headlines genius: now Y Medad as well.
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P.P.S.
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