Israel Matzav: Peres isn't going to Mandela's funeral either

Monday, December 09, 2013

Peres isn't going to Mandela's funeral either

Israel Radio just reported (2:00 pm) that President Shimon Peres will not attend South African President Nelson Mandela's funeral. According to Israel Radio, Peres has the flu. Do you believe that? I can think of some other reasons why Israeli dignitaries would not want to attend the funeral.

On Sunday night, it was reported that Prime Minister Netanyahu would not attend Mandela's funeral due to the high cost of security. Yeah, right....

Let's face it: Mandela was no friend of Israel and there is no reason the Israeli government needs to be represented at his funeral. Maybe we can send MK Ahmed Tibi. But only if they will keep him there.

Labels: Binyamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, South Africa

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I am an Orthodox Jew - some would even call me 'ultra-Orthodox.' Born in Boston, I was a corporate and securities attorney in New York City for seven years before making aliya to Israel in 1991 (I don't look it but I really am that old :-). I have been happily married to the same woman for thirty-five years, and we have eight children (bli ayin hara) ranging in age from 13 to 33 years and nine grandchildren. Four of our children are married! Before I started blogging I was a heavy contributor on a number of email lists and ran an email list called the Matzav from 2000-2004. You can contact me at: IsraelMatzav at gmail dot com

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