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| Israelis think Netanyahu is more suited to be prime minister than Gantz - poll |
| 2024-05-30 |
| [Jpost] If an election were held today, Benny Gantz's National Unity Party would still win the most seats. Still, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party is closing the gap, according to a new Channel 12 poll published Wednesday night. The poll also claimed that, for the first time since the war with Hamas began, Netanyahu has surpassed Gantz as being seen as better suited for the prime ministerial role. The poll surveyed 503 participants aged 18 or older. I wonder why? |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #6 There is nothing wrong with changing one’s name — we have a multi-century tradition of immigrants Americanizing their names when they arrive on our shores. In Israel Hebraisizing their name was a big, romantic thing during the first half of the 20th century. My father and his mother did so some time after they arrived in British Mandate Palestine in 1934, according to the documents in his files. Based on the names in Israeli news reports, most later arrivals have kept their diaspora names. European Jews were not the only ones required to formally adopt family names under Napoleon. I knew a Belgian gentleman named Dejonckheere (“the lordling”), a name given in mockery to a stuck-up village ancestor in the belief that the family name thing could not possibly be permanent. Half the country is still stuck with horrible names considerably worse than that. In the Middle East they are still identified by [name son of father member of clan member of tribe], as are the Jews from that part of the world. The rest of us use the [name son of father/ daughter of mother] formulation for religious purposes alongside the secular/legal [name family name]. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-05-30 23:36 |
| #5 Traditionally, Jews don't have surnames. It was always Isaac son of Joseph, or some such. When European governments insisted their subjects acquire surnames for purposes of internal security, Jews picked something that blended in. But every Jew has a traditional Jewish A son of B name. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2024-05-30 18:03 |
| #4 #1 (a) Bibi is younger than (your) Trump. He's also very effective in maintaining good relations with USA*. (b) Gantz is a natural born #2. Give him goals and he can competently implement them. But he can't formulate good goals. But, most important of all - he went to USA to kiss the ring of the Great White Father in Washington. (c) I hope that the PM after Bibi will be Naftali Bennet. Personally, I plan to vote for Ben Gvir - cause the world respects crazy people. *He's not a populist, but he's popular with your Congress - the ability to present shared interest in appropriate terms. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-05-30 14:26 |
| #3 crow not quite true it was Netanyahu's father who changed his name some two decades befor Bibi was born |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-05-30 12:56 |
#2 (Johnny Carson) "I did not know that"
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| Posted by: Cromonter Spawn of the Faeries8107 2024-05-30 12:37 |
| #1 Bibi is 74 years old, will be 75 by late Oct. He has a pacemaker. He underwent hernia surgery in the past year or so. Gantz is 65. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-05-30 12:03 |