Bolshevism and Shimon Peres (Haaretz – 2000)

Dear Editors of the Haaretz supplement,

Aryeh Caspi (in the June 16 supplement) noted that Holon mayor Moti Sasson gathered 3,000 children from the city’s school system in order to ‘cheer’ our unforgettable ruler, Ehud Barak (as is well known, student demonstrations in support of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza are forbidden).

For some reason, the Holon municipality also decided to rename Park 2000 after Shimon Peres while he is still alive and well (may he live to 120), and in addition we were informed of the establishment of ‘Leah Rabin House’ (likewise, while she is still alive) for autistic children.

It is worth recalling that the journalist Amnon Shomron, in the newspaper ‘Makor Rishon,’ received a response from the municipality that this is an accepted practice in Holon, according to which a middle school is named after Yitzhak Navon (may he live to 120), and a school after former mayor Ailon (while he is still alive).

For some reason, it seems to me that all these fine customs are reserved for figures from one political camp, which I suspect of Bolshevik tendencies. Mayor Moti Sasson is continuing a fine Bolshevik tradition that has prevailed in Holon from time immemorial.

Aryeh Caspi is a thorough and talented journalist, and no doubt he has better access than I do to sources of information. Perhaps he should sometime try to trace the roots of this fine custom, and its prevalence in other places in our Holy Land as well. Scholars of folklore and folk culture would certainly thank him for it.

Oh, sun of the peoples, who will remove the dust from your eyes!?

Miki Abraham

Yitzhak Sadeh 652/1, Yeruham