Jerusalem, November 5, 2000

MEANINGLESS CONDITIONS FROM A SUBSERVIENT BARAK

Ehud Barak has announced what his public relations people told him would counter his established image as being a puppet of Clinton. He has purportedly issued "stern" conditions to President Clinton, relating to his upcoming visit to the White House next week.

Barak conditions such a visit on there being in the interim no "great" amount of violence by the Arabs. (Continued firing at Jews resulting in a killing or two presumably would not prevent his visit; nor would the continued throwing of maiming firebombs or lethal stones.)

Further, Barak warns: there are to be no "major" bombings. (Here too, a blast that is not "major," resulting in a few Jewish deaths, would still have Barak appear before his Lord and Master - Clinton.

The false bravado shown by issuing these tepid and meaningless conditions, reveals in a stark manner the weakness of Barak. It also demonstrates the absurdity of his and Clinton's half measures in continuing to deal with the unchangeable tyrant, and immoral murderer, Arafat.

Ruth and Nadia Matar