Murder for the Honor of the State
In Israel, as in the Arab states, not only is the state the leader, but public opinion is aroused only in two cases: Economic decrees or national insult.
Jul 11, 2004
Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has returned to his country following back surgery in Germany. Yes, this was just an operation that fixed the president's slipped disc, which apparently occurred as he was getting out of his car during a visit to Moscow. This is the substance of the medical bulletin. True, a few months ago Mubarak suffered from a sudden drop in his blood pressure, which forced him to stop in the middle of a speech he was making at the Egyptian parliament, but within 45 minutes he was back at the podium. Sick leaders in this part of the world are not only a common phenomenon (the late Syrian president Hafez Assad, Saudi King Fahd, the late King Hussein of Jordan, some of the leaders of the Gulf states) but mainly a cause for worry.
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