What, Oh What, To Riot About Today?!
As if the Flotilla, the Iranian threat and the Dubai assassination are not enough to occupy the political decision makers in the State of Israel … There are now also three hot-and-steamy battles, involving Israel ’s Ultra-Orthodox sector, which together could just bring the government to its knees. And even distract the rest of us from the World Cup. The bones in Jaffa ; the Slonim School in Emmanuel; and the National Insurance Supplementary Benefits. The previous struggle, by ultra-orthodox extremists, was over some ancient bones found at the building site for an emergency war-proof facility at the Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon . That struggle was won about a month ago by the Government. The ancient (and probably non-Jewish) bones were deftly moved to a new site, and the building work on the hospital commenced. In the language of the World Cup: Government of Israel - 1; Extremists – Nil. Having failed to stop the Barzilai hospital expansion in Ashkelon, the same rioters ...