Is That What We're Calling It Now?
We were reading about the indictment of Omri Sharon this evening, and came across this fascinating turn of phrase:
He attained notoriety in 2001, just before his father was first elected Prime Minister, when he met in Vienna with a special envoy of Yasser Arafat, Mohammed Rashid. The Sharons were attacked for talking with PA leaders even as the Oslo War raged, despite the wide consensus that no negotiations must take place under fire.
The "Oslo War"? Really? Did I miss a memo?
Why not just call it Rabin's War? Or better yet, Peres's War - that way the incitement might actually get somebody hurt. Listen, we take it as an article of faith that the Oslo Accords were a miserable failure which caused more harm than good, and we believed that as much during the late 90s as now. But this "punish the Oslo criminals" line has got to stop - elected, patriotic officials acting in what they thought was Israel's best interests (and, incidentally, on the platforms that they or their parties were elected to carry out) made a horrible mistake. The country made a horrible mistake. Most people have learned from that mistake. Let it go.
He attained notoriety in 2001, just before his father was first elected Prime Minister, when he met in Vienna with a special envoy of Yasser Arafat, Mohammed Rashid. The Sharons were attacked for talking with PA leaders even as the Oslo War raged, despite the wide consensus that no negotiations must take place under fire.
The "Oslo War"? Really? Did I miss a memo?
Why not just call it Rabin's War? Or better yet, Peres's War - that way the incitement might actually get somebody hurt. Listen, we take it as an article of faith that the Oslo Accords were a miserable failure which caused more harm than good, and we believed that as much during the late 90s as now. But this "punish the Oslo criminals" line has got to stop - elected, patriotic officials acting in what they thought was Israel's best interests (and, incidentally, on the platforms that they or their parties were elected to carry out) made a horrible mistake. The country made a horrible mistake. Most people have learned from that mistake. Let it go.
