Saturday, September 19, 2015

What Do Donald Trump and Yair Lapid Have in Common?

Lapid may have chosen to join the Opposition, but he is still doing his utmost to stay in the limelight. Sometimes, the work is being done by his cronies, and the methods they use and messages they are delivering to us are more subtle than you may think.

For example, take the following article by former Yesh Atid Knesset Member Dov Lipman (and currently chairman of Anglo and Diaspora Affairs for Yesh Atid) in the August 28, 2015 Jerusalem Post. The article is ostensibly entitled: Israel is in dire need of a leader with 'the Trump Factor.'

The whole article analyzes Donald Trump’s startling success in the polls in the United States. Then, comes Lipman's finale:

“Israel is in dire need of a leader with the Trump Factor: “A man of the people” who recognizes the need to address the “smaller” day-to-day concerns of the population; who has the will and courage to think outside the box to find the most simple solutions to our challenges; and someone with the freedom and moral clarity to make decisions that are in the best interest of the country completely independent of special interests. Such a leader will get Israel back on course, and make Israel great again.”

I guess that Dov Lipman is asking us, the readers, to conclude that Yair Lapid is the one with the Trump Factor in Israeli politics. Now, Dov, that one wasn’t very hard. But why didn't you just come out and say who you really were talking about?
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-Trump-factor-413515

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