Posted on 06/10/2014 3:28:50 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
With the rumored move of Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball coach David Blatt to the NBA, a whole new arena of activity can open up for outgoing President Shimon Peres.
One can only imagine the press conference:
“Maccabi Tel Aviv announces the signing of our new coach, the illustrious Shimon Peres. Mr Peres, please, explain your views on the world of sports".
Coach Peres: "It is with great honor and happiness that I accept this new assignment. After all, to be welcomed by the Euroleague champion, perpetual winner of the Israel League Cup - and here am I, the perennial loser…..
“Of course, even coming off a winning season, as new coach I expect to make some changes to Maccabi and the world of sports. First, there’s the nationalism thing: Russians rooting for CSKA, Spaniards for Real Madrid, Israelis for Maccabi; this has to stop.
"People turning into fanatic patriots for their home team- it’s not a healthy phenomenon. From now on, Russians will root for Milano, Tel Avivians for Belgrade,etc.- or else I send in the Shin Bet.
"And then there’s this territorialism and sense of proprietorship. If poor Belgrade or CSKA can’t afford a forward like Blu, or a guard like Hickman, why stand on formality and contract: we’ll just give them a Blu or a Hickman.
"And if they don’t have a nice big stadium like Nokia, we’re going to be generous: it’s theirs for the taking. Do you think we Israelis are tight-fisted with our national assets? Just try me on the Negev for an international soccer field for Bedouin players. While I’m at it, I might even arrange a transfer of some of those incessantly noisy Nokia drummers (it’s easier to transfer Jews than other fans).
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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
It gets even better after the excerpted quote above.
He is a holdover from the Socialist Bund days. Should have been “retired” from public life decades ago.
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