@darrenrichman@TelegraphDucker Ideal really is comfortably gets us CL, some fun football and he’s able to bow out on a high. God knows what comes next though. I’d take Ole permannet over Glasner or Maresca any day
@darrenrichman@TelegraphDucker Bigger caveat is that best performances were behind closed doors (19/20 was pretty dreadful pre lockdown apart from weirdly 3x against City). Having said that, everything since been far worse + genuinely think we have a better squad now. If it’s genuinely interim, I’m very for it
I’ve never shared this before.
A day or two after October 7th, early in the morning, the country was in shock.
Even before the funeral of Mapal Adam z”l, who was murdered at the Nova festival, I went to the home of her sister, Maayan.
Her mother, her brother Yarden, Maayan, and Maayan’s partner Yuval were there.
We sat in the small yard and talked.
Then Roee, Mapal’s boyfriend, arrived and sat down to tell the family for the first time what had actually happened and how Mapal had died.
I stood up to leave such an intimate moment, but the family said to me, “Stay.”
And then, for about an hour, Roee described in a trembling voice, detail by detail,
How he and Mapal hid under a car, and Hili Solomon, Mapal’s best friend, under another car nearby, all surrounded by dozens, perhaps hundreds, of terrorists.
How they stayed silent, pretending to be dead.
How the vile terrorists came and shot them “confirmation shots” at point-blank range.
How the blood flowed from their bodies, and Mapal’s life drained out of her there, as they lay pressed together.
How the monsters came back a second time and shot again, as gasoline from the car leaked and mixed with the blood.
How Roee smeared himself, and I think also Mapal, with blood so they would appear dead.
How for endless hours no one came.
I felt as though I was hearing the testimony of a Holocaust survivor, minutes after being liberated from Auschwitz.
Because that’s what it was. A small Holocaust.
No state. No army.
Jews hiding for hours from murderous beasts.
We all felt that Roee carried crushing guilt for not being able to save the love of his life, Mapal, nor her friend Hili.
Of course, Roee could not have done anything more than he did. He bore no blame whatsoever.
Mapal’s family told him that clearly and embraced him with immense love and compassion.
Since then, as I understand, Roee devoted himself to helping others however he could.
But in the early hours of this morning, two years later, Roee’s strength finally gave out,
and this man, with his wounded soul, took his own life.
Another soul murdered on that cursed day.
**
In the coming days, hopefully already tomorrow, we will celebrate the return of the hostages.
But we must not forget the murdered,
the fallen soldiers and their families,
nor the survivors who struggle every day with the horrors in their minds.
Nor the thousands wounded in body and spirit.
They live among us, and it is our duty to care for them.
This is a matter of national priority.
It is urgent!
The day after we form the government, an authority will be established to care for the victims and their families.
a moral, national, governmental obligation.
May the soul of Roee be bound in the bond of life, alongside the love of his life, Mapal.
@darrenrichman@4r7hr@OmarBaddar@owenjonesjourno Incredible the amount of non-Jews who think they’re speaking for British Jews by calling Starmer’s statement anti-Semitic. I’ve had little issue generally with the marches, but the lack of self reflection from so many involved is astonishing.
“Tommy Robinson is a thug who represents the very worst of Britain. His presence undermines those genuinely working to tackle Islamist extremism and foster community cohesion. Minister Chikli has proven himself to be a Diaspora Minister in name only. In our darkest hour, he has ignored the views of the vast majority of British Jews, who utterly and consistently reject Robinson and everything he stands for.”
Rubén Amorim plays 5 defenders (and Ugarte) but his team can't defend. Spends £200million on 3 forwards but his team can't attack. Keith Andrews's Brentford join virtually every other PL team in outcoaching. Every single measure of Amorim's tenure has been catastrophically bad.
@FootballCliches It’s the opposite of “running out of superlatives”. Everyone’s spent a decade calling Utd’s players/manager/results/performances a disgrace (when they were challenging for m top 4 every year), so by the time it gets to the point it actually is a disgrace, it’s just the same words
Until Amorim's appointment, missing the top 4 was largely the barometer of failure for a Manchester United manager. In the past 5 years they've had 3 top-3 finishes. The change in tone and drop in standards in the past year is astonishing. Results are an unmitigated disaster.
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women, and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. As survivors grow fewer and antisemitism rises, today is more vital than ever.
Welcome to #Sister.
We’re delighted to unveil our new name – representing collaboration between industry & academia – as we evolve from ID Manchester & mark the next phase of Manchester’s new #innovationdistrict.
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Tune in to the latest Journeys of Discovery, a collaboration with the @royalphilorch. Michael Hayman and @PetrocTrelawny explore Petroc's journey through music and his connection to Cornwall, as featured in his new book, Trelawny’s Cornwall.
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@FootballCliches I read recently that Arsenal having Timber back from injury would be “like a new signing”. Is it only “like” a new signing if he basically hasn’t played since being an actual new signing last year? Same could be said for Lavia at Chelsea. Are these not still just new signings
@Ankaman616 Chelsea accidentally get relegated (dreadful start, bottom 3 in November, sack Maresca, steadily climb out of trouble, foot off the gas, back into danger, results go against them on final day)
@Casey_Evans_ I genuinely don’t believe there can be more than 1% of actual United fans who’ve ever seen Zirkzee or Yoro play a full 90. I’d literally never heard of either till this summer. It’s the efficiency of business that’s been impressive, no one can know if they’re good signings