Listing The Sins of Oslo

Arutz Sheva

The Knesset held a special mid-recess debate on the Oslo process this afternoon. Likud MK Yuli Edelstein began with a unique and timely listing of the 'sins of Oslo'.

Today's special mid-recess Knesset debate on the Oslo process and the lessons to be learned from its failure was conducted in a very orderly and quiet manner, reports Haggai Seri - possibly in light of, or despite, yesterday's two terrorist attacks. Seri noted that Likud MK Yuli Edelstein began with a unique type of speech:

"Edelstein said that the month of Elul is a time of repentance, and he thereupon began enumerating all the sins of Oslo:

Making secret decisions by a group of youngsters who were not authorized to do so [a reference to the clandestine and even illegal way in which the pre-Oslo negotiations took place between representatives of the Labor Party and the PLO]

the sin of the Mitsubishi [the deputy-ministership offered by Labor to two right-wing party MKs, Segev and Goldfarb, in exchange for their vote in favor of the second Oslo agreement]

the sin of running away from responsibility and giving it to the PLO leaders because 'we were tired'

the sin of trying to solve major problems hastily by just saying everything will be OK

and most of all, the syndrome of silencing opponents and going along with the flock