There is no doubt in my mind that both Bibi and Von Shitzenpants want to move the Palestinians out of Gaza and turn its 141 sq miles into a giant resort with multiple golf courses.
ME TOO!!! I imagine we'd say similar things, but I have notes regarding people who said really nasty things to me, and I would LOVE to respond in kind. Starting with the person who made me cry, and I couldn't sleep that night. He said "From the river to the ocean." And I said "I think you mean from the river to the sea" and he said "So long as all the Jews are dead" and then he hung up.
Morning All, just received this from our friend and jeweler Itsik Levy. An excellent businessman:
Good morning my friends, As they say in English, Here are my 2 cents on Trump's comments on the voluntary or (less than voluntary) immigration of Gaza residents: As a person who has been involved in negotiations all his adult life around the world, there are different peoples with different mentalities with whom one negotiates differently from another. I will give you 3 examples from dozens of peoples and tens of thousands of deals I have experienced in my life on the art of negotiation:
When you ask to close a deal at a price of 100, let's say, to a Japanese client you would offer the deal at 100. You must not deviate from the number in the slightest. Sticking to the final number will represent to the Japanese client your seriousness and credibility in the deal. When you present the same deal to an American, and you want to achieve that 100 as a final result, you will offer the deal at 115, and the negotiation will come down to a convergence around 100 as a round number. There is a gentlemanly understanding and agreement between the parties that both sides need to understand and respect each other out of a desire to reach a number that is agreed upon as fair to both parties.
Negotiations with Arabs are a completely different negotiation. When you want to reach the desired result that suits you, the Arab customer will offer to buy from you for 1 and you will offer him the deal for 1,000. The Arab will go up to 10, and you will go down to 900. In the end, the Arab customer, after a long negotiation, will offer 100 (10% of what you initially requested) and you will agree. He thought he made the deal of the century and you finally got what you wanted….
Trump has no interest, and he is not going to exile a single Palestinian from Gaza. Trump wants the hostages without any Israeli compensation, will demand and probably accept the exile of all Hamas out of Gaza as Israel is willing, and will make sure to bring Saudi Arabia and the UAE into Gaza and rebuild Gaza with Arab money with hotels owned by his family, and will make tens of billions in real estate deals for his associates. He will achieve the 100% he wanted for himself and for Israel from the beginning, and the Palestinians will achieve his "concession" in everything related to the exile out of Gaza.
He is a businessman. Not an idiot, and he understands well the limitations of power... He has 4 years to make a large sum of cash, and receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This is how businessmen think. Practical. Pragmatic. To the point. Unfortunately - there are none, neither in our regions nor in European countries and the rest of the world. Luckily there is one like this in the US, and thank God it is for our benefit! Cut and save👌
Itsik is correct that people negotiate differently dependent on societal norms. His take on the Orange Menace, however, is completed wrong. He's no businessman, he's a FAILED businessman who leveraged his dad's money, ran into trouble, declared bankruptcy multiple times and even lost money on a casino. Von Shitzenpants is neither practical nor pragmatic. He'll never get a dime of foreign money for rebuilding if he moves a single Palestinian out of Gaza. I stand by my analysis.
He's not anywhere near the same person he used to be. When he was running for Lt. Governor, he spent a ton of hours in his car going from town to town to reach as many people as possible. I used to talk to him for about an hour a week. The conversation was good for him because all that driving is boring. We talked policy, we talked action, we talked about what he wanted to accomplish. The positions he has taken since the inauguration would have been anathema to that guy. It is heartbreaking, and sadly, the only way to remove him is for him to resign since there is no legal way to recall a sitting US Senator.
It took about 2 weeks for people to take to the streets. There have been protests nationwide this week. More people are standing up, and as the weather gets warmer, there will be more and more protests. **IF** we can get enough people in the streets quickly enough, there will be a change sooner rather than later.
I would love to call those people who didn't vote or voted for He Who Must Not be Named. I have lots to say...
ME TOO!!! I imagine we'd say similar things, but I have notes regarding people who said really nasty things to me, and I would LOVE to respond in kind. Starting with the person who made me cry, and I couldn't sleep that night. He said "From the river to the ocean." And I said "I think you mean from the river to the sea" and he said "So long as all the Jews are dead" and then he hung up.
Got this from a friend in Israel:--
Morning All, just received this from our friend and jeweler Itsik Levy. An excellent businessman:
Good morning my friends, As they say in English, Here are my 2 cents on Trump's comments on the voluntary or (less than voluntary) immigration of Gaza residents: As a person who has been involved in negotiations all his adult life around the world, there are different peoples with different mentalities with whom one negotiates differently from another. I will give you 3 examples from dozens of peoples and tens of thousands of deals I have experienced in my life on the art of negotiation:
When you ask to close a deal at a price of 100, let's say, to a Japanese client you would offer the deal at 100. You must not deviate from the number in the slightest. Sticking to the final number will represent to the Japanese client your seriousness and credibility in the deal. When you present the same deal to an American, and you want to achieve that 100 as a final result, you will offer the deal at 115, and the negotiation will come down to a convergence around 100 as a round number. There is a gentlemanly understanding and agreement between the parties that both sides need to understand and respect each other out of a desire to reach a number that is agreed upon as fair to both parties.
Negotiations with Arabs are a completely different negotiation. When you want to reach the desired result that suits you, the Arab customer will offer to buy from you for 1 and you will offer him the deal for 1,000. The Arab will go up to 10, and you will go down to 900. In the end, the Arab customer, after a long negotiation, will offer 100 (10% of what you initially requested) and you will agree. He thought he made the deal of the century and you finally got what you wanted….
Trump has no interest, and he is not going to exile a single Palestinian from Gaza. Trump wants the hostages without any Israeli compensation, will demand and probably accept the exile of all Hamas out of Gaza as Israel is willing, and will make sure to bring Saudi Arabia and the UAE into Gaza and rebuild Gaza with Arab money with hotels owned by his family, and will make tens of billions in real estate deals for his associates. He will achieve the 100% he wanted for himself and for Israel from the beginning, and the Palestinians will achieve his "concession" in everything related to the exile out of Gaza.
He is a businessman. Not an idiot, and he understands well the limitations of power... He has 4 years to make a large sum of cash, and receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This is how businessmen think. Practical. Pragmatic. To the point. Unfortunately - there are none, neither in our regions nor in European countries and the rest of the world. Luckily there is one like this in the US, and thank God it is for our benefit! Cut and save👌
Best Regards,
Itsik is correct that people negotiate differently dependent on societal norms. His take on the Orange Menace, however, is completed wrong. He's no businessman, he's a FAILED businessman who leveraged his dad's money, ran into trouble, declared bankruptcy multiple times and even lost money on a casino. Von Shitzenpants is neither practical nor pragmatic. He'll never get a dime of foreign money for rebuilding if he moves a single Palestinian out of Gaza. I stand by my analysis.
Fetterman is a real concern - he is not the same Democrat he was before his stroke.
He's not anywhere near the same person he used to be. When he was running for Lt. Governor, he spent a ton of hours in his car going from town to town to reach as many people as possible. I used to talk to him for about an hour a week. The conversation was good for him because all that driving is boring. We talked policy, we talked action, we talked about what he wanted to accomplish. The positions he has taken since the inauguration would have been anathema to that guy. It is heartbreaking, and sadly, the only way to remove him is for him to resign since there is no legal way to recall a sitting US Senator.
We are hopefully going to live through this insanity. U are right-on in your thought process. We are in a living nightmare that is not ending soon.
It took about 2 weeks for people to take to the streets. There have been protests nationwide this week. More people are standing up, and as the weather gets warmer, there will be more and more protests. **IF** we can get enough people in the streets quickly enough, there will be a change sooner rather than later.