Wary of amateur psychologists

Yitz Greenberg (“Give Netanyahu the honorable retirement that Israel needs and he deserves,” October 2), a relative newcomer to the pages of The Jerusalem Post, has firmly established his identity as somewhere left of center-left. He strikes all the right chords for entry into that rarified sphere of intellectuals who know what’s best for us common folks.

Needless to say, I don’t agree with a word of what he believes, so I will suffice with a few comments. I, having been raised in America, am committed to the proposition that a man is considered innocent until proven guilty. Greenberg has condemned Netanyahu before he has had his day in court. Also, I am very wary of amateur psychologists – for example, “Exercise of power erodes his self control.” “Search for continual power overrides his principles and restraints.” How does Greenberg know?

He writes, “…he broke his word and repudiated a compromise at the Kotel deeply offending the non-Orthodox leaders of American Jewry.” What is so unacceptable to those leaders? Why can’t one single solitary place on earth bring all Jews together, standing before God in prayer? You are free to do what you wish in your temples and synagogues. Are religious and Masorti Jews in their millions who pray at the Kotel in traditional fashion so distasteful and objectionable that you can’t even tolerate them during the very rare times you come to pray?

Yitz, the Left that shouts “demokratya” from the rooftops, tramples it underfoot. Netanyahu has received more than 1.1 million votes. You did not. The will of the people must be respected.

SHOLOM GOLD

Jerusalem