5772, Year of Shame and Fear

The country's leaders are competing among themselves over who will frighten us more. It is doubtful there has ever been a leadership anywhere that for an entire year has not ceased for a moment to engage in scaremongering at home.

By Yossi Sarid | 02:00 14.09.12 |

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As always, this column will choose its Man of the Year, who is always a forsaken hero. But first let us call 5772 by its name: The Year of Shame and Fear.

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5772, Year of Shame and Fear

The country's leaders are competing among themselves over who will frighten us more. It is doubtful there has ever been a leadership anywhere that for an entire year has not ceased for a moment to engage in scaremongering at home.

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