Whenever I read an article by Uri Avnery, I both laugh and cry at the same time. Laugh at his witty words and cry at the stupidity of the human race he so clearly portrays. This one is no different.
“The High Priest of the ‘We Have No Partner’ creed is General (res.) Amos Gilad, who at the crucial time was chief of the research section (and as such the No. 2) of the Army Intelligence Department…Who is this man, who has had a greater influence than any other person on the policies of Israel over the last few crucial years, and whose kontsepsia (Hebrew for ‘conception’, a Hebrew word meaning something like ‘rigid mental framework’) is still directing the path of the state? This is the very same Amos Gilad who some days ago claimed for himself the benefits due to disabled army veterans. He was not wounded in battle, God forbid, but claimed that the stress caused by his difficult job has inflicted on him irreversible mental damage.”