tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post6691560111593160982..comments2023-10-29T11:50:25.742+02:00Comments on My Obiter Dicta: 6 Days Plus Forty YearsJeffrey R. Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-27476739579261064832007-06-08T18:30:00.000+03:002007-06-08T18:30:00.000+03:00I remember a symposium in New York where Hazony be...I remember a symposium in New York where Hazony begged the panel and the audience "Don't judge me by my headgear." When you're trying so hard to escape the image your yarmulke gives, it's perhaps inevitable that you'll abandon principle too.<BR/><BR/>John O'Sullivan, of National Review, once formulated a law: "Any organization not explicitly right-wing will, over time, become left-wing." (This is often true even for right-wing bodies as well.) Shalem always tried to be balanced and moderate, never coming out too strongly for one side or another. The result is to be expected.Nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292162031685942549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-29943071006141041462007-06-04T09:49:00.000+03:002007-06-04T09:49:00.000+03:00The answer stares you in the face - THe Shalem Cen...The answer stares you in the face - THe Shalem Center has been hijacked by "moderate" "centrists" - who are really leftists in disguise who have been influenced by all the propaganda. It supported the Disengagement, and all the folks such as Oren, Klein-Halevi and Atza-El supported Oslo and any "plan" that came after - and actively portrayed the opponents of any of these plans as "irrational right wing fanatics". Even Yoram Hazony - who had good intentions in setting up the center - abandoned the settlements and moved to Jerusalem in order to "appease" the elites the run the country and show that he is "moderate".<BR/><BR/>The Shalem Center is a perfect example of the result you describe. How even people who are thinking educated individuals can be hijacked by the propaganda and agenda of the left. The Shalem Center is no longer a a neo-conservative think tank. It has been hijacked by Beilin's minions.Ben Bayithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540723595738423002noreply@blogger.com