Projecting peace. (L.A. Stories).Security was tight and the lines were long last week for the first installment in the University of Judaism's public lecture series General
While both men focused their remarks on the global war-against terror and how that has impacted the tense situation between Israelis and Palestinians, it was Peres who had the most memorable one-liners. Asked for his take on next week's Israeli elections as polls showed a precipitous decline and then a slight rebound for the rightist right·ism also Right·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political right. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political right. right Likud Party, Peres made light of the polling data: "Polls are like perfume perfume, aroma produced by the essential oils of plants and by synthetic aromatics. The burning of incense that accompanied the religious rites of ancient China, Palestine, and Egypt led gradually to the personal use of perfume. . They are nice to smell, but dangerous to swallow." Then asked about setting a timetable for a "full peace" between Israelis and Palestinians, Peres said: "I disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" the notion of timetables. The difference between a politician promising peace and the (coming of the) Messiah is only a timetable." |
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