Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

New Math in the Middle East

   In 2011, Hamas released one (1) Israeli
      for 1,027 Palestinian detainees
    Somehow that never added up for me

    This Sunday Hamas will release five innocent Israelis
      for 700 Palestinian detainees
    More than half of whom were detained for killing sprees

    I can understand trading my prize-winning cow for your horse
      even giving you my wife along with her papers of divorce
  
   But when it comes to returning five innocent hostages for hundreds of killers
      That’s a transaction with which I am just not familiar

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Michael Tor January 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM Sadly those are the numbers but like Keith says this isn't over and this is calm before the storm. How can you trust a terrorist word, you can't Israel knows this and I am hoping for once to have complete peace, we will see my friend...

Kim Rodrigues January 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM Vengence is mine says the Lord… Gershon Wolf January 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM Excellent point. Excellent, Kim. Lest we forget...

Ilene Bauer January 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM Well said, Gershon! I was never very good at math and I’d certainly fail a test with those problems for sure… Gershon Wolf January 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM Well, well, well. How many Lubavitchers does it take to change a light bulb? - Only one, but first, the light bulb has to really want to change. Keep smiling, Gershon

John Read January 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM Israel value the subjects more. Gershon Wolf January 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM I agree, John.

Keith D Trestrail January 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM I think the goal here is to get back as many hostages as possible (alive) before the sh*t really hits the fan. So all this negotiating with Godless terrorists is just a pause in hostilities. This isn’t over!

Regina Elliott January 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM A very precarious situation, Gershon. Hashem bless Israel. Am Yisrael Chai. ~

Akham Nilabirdhwaja Singh January 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM We often see politics doing irrational things inspite of popular protest.Nice to share.

Karen Jones January 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM I don’t get it either Gershon! Gershon Wolf January 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM Perfect, Karen. Common sense agrees with you.