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Aug 14, 2008
2 candidates, 2 opposites
I saw the following two headline (and article blurbs) side by side yesterday in a newspaper, and the contrast of the two struck (thanks, but I did not get hurt).
1. MK Rabbi Meier Porush to run for mayor of Jerusalem
2. MK Dov Chenin to run for mayor of Tel Aviv.
2 MKs, each the polar opposite of the other, Rabbi Porush being an MK for the Ultra Orthodox party UTJ (from Aguda-Shlomei Emunim faction), and Dov Chenin being a Jewish MK in an left-wing "Jewish-Arab" party. Each running for the mayoral position in cities that are also polar opposites of each other.
How striking.
NOTE: This is not an endorsement of either of the above mentioned candidates for the respective positions they are trying to obtain. This was simply an observation.
1. MK Rabbi Meier Porush to run for mayor of Jerusalem
2. MK Dov Chenin to run for mayor of Tel Aviv.
2 MKs, each the polar opposite of the other, Rabbi Porush being an MK for the Ultra Orthodox party UTJ (from Aguda-Shlomei Emunim faction), and Dov Chenin being a Jewish MK in an left-wing "Jewish-Arab" party. Each running for the mayoral position in cities that are also polar opposites of each other.
How striking.
NOTE: This is not an endorsement of either of the above mentioned candidates for the respective positions they are trying to obtain. This was simply an observation.
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I wasn't familiar with the name Cheinin, but I just saw that he attended the funeral of Mahmoud Darwish.
ReplyDeleteI assume that he's out of the mainstream, even for Tel Aviv.
I wasn't familiar with the name Cheinin, but I just saw that he attended the funeral of Mahmoud Darwish.
ReplyDeleteI assume that he's out of the mainstream, even for Tel Aviv.
It would really be an eye-opener if each MK ran for Mayor in the other's city
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