The Trump Administration Has Said the Right Things about Syria, but Words Are Not Enough
The U.S. must act to restrain Russia, Iran, and al-Qaeda.
January 30, 2018
Efraim Kishon.
Yesterday was the thirteenth anniversary of the death of the Israeli writer Ephraim Kishon, born Ferenc Hoffman in Budapest in 1924. The young Hoffman had hoped to make a career as an author of humorous essays, and, after surviving the Holocaust, returned to his prior avocation, assuming the name Ferenc Kishont. In 1949, writes Liel Leibovitz, he left Hungary for the fledgling state of Israel:
The U.S. must act to restrain Russia, Iran, and al-Qaeda.
And end demonization of the Jewish state.
No amount of economic pressure will make Israelis risk the lives of their children.
The problem of scale.
Efraim Kishon.
Yesterday was the thirteenth anniversary of the death of the Israeli writer Ephraim Kishon, born Ferenc Hoffman in Budapest in 1924. The young Hoffman had hoped to make a career as an author of humorous essays, and, after surviving the Holocaust, returned to his prior avocation, assuming the name Ferenc Kishont. In 1949, writes Liel Leibovitz, he left Hungary for the fledgling state of Israel:
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