Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Notes About The Poem

Many today mindlessly shout what they think to be an 'innocuuos slogan...'

A Jarring Circumlocution

      Today I hear a jarring circumlocution
         ‘One solution, intifada revolution’

      The first Intifada lasted from ’87 to ‘93
          A perilous time to be an Israeli

      160 Israelis were killed, 3,100 wounded
          after all those attacked were computed 

      The Second Intifada stretched from 2000 to 2005
          a time when 1,100 Israelis lost their lives…
             … not to mention thousands disabled
                   ~ and all the widowed wives
      
       So, make no mistake about it:
          Intifada revolution means murdering and maiming Jews
            something proponents eagerly choose

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Kim Rodrigues July 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM Sadly. tears… Gershon Wolf July 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM What else can there be but tears?

sara Etgen-Baker July 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM thanks for the history lesson and the tragedy of Intifada. Intifada makes my blood boil and seems to be in full force in NYC....!! Gershon Wolf July 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM Even politically aware folks don't seem to realize what 'Intifada' was, is, and always will be, i.e., armed uprising!

Regina Elliott July 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM Hi Gershon, Many of us out here pray for Zion because she has suffered so much, and Hashem puts on our hearts and souls the love for her. Shalom my good friend. ~ Gershon Wolf July 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM Thank you for your unflagging support, Regina.

Bill Baker July 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM Thanks for the history lessons, Gershon. Especially in Couplet poetry. BB Gershon Wolf July 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM Doing my best, Bill.

Anthony Bianco July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM Thank you for posting Gershon the truth needs to be told. When a "neighbor" tells you that they're going to burn your house down, and every day you see them filling gas cans with flint in their hearts and hands. Action must be taken. They should have taken out their oil fields and dried up the supply of venom. Gershon Wolf July 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM ... And flooded all their tunnels too. Thanks, Anthony