EHUD BARAK
By Ghassan Kadi
27 November 2012 ·
By Ghassan Kadi
27 November 2012 ·
Ehud Barak, like Moshe Dayan before, was once one of
Israel’s greatest war heroes. As a matter of fact, he is the most highly
decorated soldier of Israel.
But this entity that calls itself Israel has, among other
things, a culture of arrogance and ingratitude that is not only practiced with
Palestinians, the rest of the world, but also outpours to its own people.
Before Barak, Moshe Dayan gave Israel its greatest ever
military victory in June 67. He became a household hero and his portraits
decorated many walls. But from a hero to a villain he turned in the eyes of the
Israelis when he failed to produce similar results in 1973. He was forced to
retire in total indignity.
Ironically, just hours before announcing his retirement, he
was still looking for face-saving and said that the next battle with Gaza will
take months. Soon enough, he must have realized that his hour is up and he has
probably learnt from his predecessor and decided to quit before getting
subjected to more humiliation.
Barak rose to prominence when he was put in charge of
“Operation Spring of Youth” in Beirut in April 73 to assassinate PLO leaders in
the opulent Verdun St.
However, back in 1973, Lebanon was free game, and the
infamous assassination could have even been done by an insider’s job. There was
no need to plot a sophisticated plan that involved navy ships, Zodiac boats,
and on-ground Mossad agents. But at that time, Israel wanted to intimidate and
prove that it can penetrate any Arab capital and send its own men to
assassinate any person of its choosing.
But some much has changed in the last four decades or so.
The hero who was able to tell his people that he was able to reach any enemy
anywhere, was no longer able to tell them that he could defend them from any
enemy anywhere.
The war hero who hid behind a skirt, cross dressing like a
woman during the Beirut operation has tried later to hide behind the Iron Dome
Shield. The skirt proved to be mightier than the shield after all.
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