A YIDDISH EXPRESSION

There is a Yiddish expression that goes like this: ahz mehn lebt, derlebt mehn, which loosely translates as if you live long enough you can see anything.

So there I was reading my email and then I saw this: SAUDI PRINCE TO BUILD HOTEL IN TEL AVIV.

Nope, not kidding. Was written up in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot and covered by Imra www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=19556

Ma'an - Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal is in negotiations to build an
eight-storey, 150-room hotel on Tel Aviv's coastline, the Israeli newspaper
'Yedioth Ahranoth' reported in its online edition.

The Israeli paper says that two architects have already started working on
the project. One is Bin Talal's private architect, who had worked with him
on oriental hotels across the world, Basel al-Beiti. The other is former Tel
Aviv Chief City Engineer, Yisrael Gudovich.

The planned project is a joint venture with the Abulafya family in Tel Aviv,
the paper says.

Bin Talal is the nephew of the late Saudi King Faisal. He is considered to
be extremely wealthy (the paper suggests he is worth $26.4 billion) with an
empire that includes holdings in banks, financing and investment firms,
hi-tech and communications companies, leading hotels in the United States,
Europe and the Arab world, and tourist sites.

Well, folks, what do you think of that? Now, I don't want to be a spoil sport. I mean why should I rain on everyone's parade? Here is this nice rich Saudi Prince coming all the way over to little Israel, a country that he doesn't recognize and btw wants to blow up to smithereens, and is going to work...take a breath...with the Jews and build this hotel.

I can see it now. 'Hey, Ahmad. Watcha doing for Pessach? Wanna come to Tel Aviv for the holidays? Yah. I got a deal. Yah. My wife's first cousin Fatima who is married to Ibrahim who is a relative of Miriyam who is married to Prince Al-Walid bin Talal's cook, can get us a deal. A steal. Dirt cheap. Waddya say?'

But, entres nous. When the Russians came we got KGB guys. And when the Saudi's come what do you think they'll bring? It ain't gonna be baklawa. Sigh.

And I bet the three stooges...nope wait we only have two...the head of the armed forces already resigned....that leaves Tweedledum and Tweedledee must think this is a grand idea.

Guiliani told his Saudi Prince what he could do with his ten million dollar donation after the Twin Towers were attacked. And he told Arafat, that mamzer, that he couldn't go into the UN waving his pistol.

Now, there's a man I would like to build a hotel with. Maybe he'll get to be President and we'll begin to feel a little safe again.

In the meantime, maybe I know someone who knows someone who can get you a room wholesale.

A sweet shavuah tov.

Have a great day...stay safe...and thanks for dropping in.