A matter of timing - Uri Avnery

[ProgressiveMuslim]

Saturday 13/03/2010 (updated) 14/03/2010 11:52


Some weeks the news is dominated by a single word. This week’s word was "timing."

It’s all a matter of timing. The government of Israel has insulted the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, one of the greatest “friends” of Israel (meaning:Somebody totally subservient to AIPAC) and spat in the face of President Barack Obama. So what? It’s all a matter of timing.

If the government had announced the building of 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem a day earlier, it would have been OK. If it had announced it three days later, it would have been wonderful. But doing it exactly when Joe Biden was about to have dinner with Bibi and Sarah’le (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah) – that was really bad timing.

The matter itself is not important. Another thousand housing units in East Jerusalem, or 10,000, or 100,000 – what different does it make? The only thing that matters is the timing...

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