Shlomi Oz -
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/who-s-who-at-the-shlomi-oz-funeral-1.274567 -
politics and crime
Shlomi Oz passed away last weekend. Reports say he ran into bad luck and
collapsed beside a gambling table at a casino in Bulgaria. We share his
family's loss and that of the many friends and acquaintances he made in his
private and public life. On Friday they were all there at his funeral,
accompanying him on his last rite, just as he had accompanied them down long
and treacherous roads; they were parted only by death. May those who
remembered him be blessed for staying true and not turning on him. How often
have we seen instances where long friendships had been buried even before
the body has grown cold?
It was a noticeably odd funeral that drew hundreds of people, including
Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom [ Silvan Shalom - seems to have gotten
away with it ], who doubles as a minister with two nonsense portfolios. He
was accompanied by his wife, socialite Judy Nir-Mozes Shalom; or perhaps she
was accompanied by him. Shula Zaken [ How did Shula Zaken go from Olmert's
bureau chief to corruption -
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/how-did-shula-zaken-go-from-olmert-s-bureau-chief-to-corruption-suspect-1.284941 -
thief for working the prime minister who is also a thief ], the former
bureau chief of former prime minister Olmert [ a thief on trial now in
2011 ], paid her respects, although her former boss was kept from coming as
he is in New York for health reasons. We wish him well and good health.
Omri Sharon [ Omri Sharon -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omri_Sharon - fat
thief, son of murderer ], the first-born son of former prime minister Ariel
Sharon [ Sharon, thief murderer, war criminal ], was there, showing he had
not forgotten Oz's love for his father and himself. Finally, "businessman"
David Appel [ David Appel -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Appel_(businessman) , multiple cases of
bribery got away with everything in the end according to the Wiki. The truth
is David Appel gets 3.5 years, million-shekel fine for bribery -
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/david-appel-gets-3-5-years-million-shekel-fine-for-bribery-1.301783 ]
who was suspected of involvement in an alleged bribery case connected to the
Sharons, was also in attendance.
They weren't the only ones who showed up at the Kiryat Shaul cemetery - Oz's
entire entourage attended, including many individuals with connections to
the alleged crime organizations headed by Amir Mulner, Ben Cohen and the
Alperons. The wife of convicted mobster Zeev Rosenstein -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeev_Rosenstein, who couldn't make it because
he is in jail [ narcotics ], was there too while Yossi Harari [ Winnie
Mandela and the Ramat Amidar gang -
http://www.haaretz.com/winnie-mandela-and-the-ramat-amidar-gang-1.63334 ],
another convicted crime lord, showed up in person. There may have been more
suspected criminals, not all of whom could be easily identified.
The mikveh and tombstone area were filled with the security guards of
important people and suspicious people, who melted into one mass that could
not be told apart.
Indeed, "Likud activist" Shlomi Oz was a well-known man, mostly to those in
a few certain public spheres. He had connections, he could wheel and deal;
open doors and close them.
The media insisted on calling him an "ex-criminal," a title implying that
although he was a criminal, he had served his sentence and paid his dues to
society.
Thus, he could enjoy the best of both worlds, politics and crime, or more
precisely both worlds could enjoy him. In this war of the worlds only people
of Shlomi's caliber, God bless him, could make peace.
It should be noted that representatives of at least three governments, led
by prime ministers Sharon, Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu, attended the
funeral, lending the event the semblance of a state affair. The crime
families also sent a respectable delegation, and the absence of the Abergil
and Abutbul families was felt. It seems overlords and underlords both adhere
to the same Torah commandment: Although Israel may have sinned, at the
moment in which he is laid to rest he is without blame.
It was an odd but also a very sad funeral and not only for those who
attended it: I, too, was saddened by the images of the funeral. Suddenly
they looked so familiar to me. The dubiousness of Israeli society in which
criminals, government officials and businessmen consort so easily is evident
not only on happy occasions like bar mitzvahs, brit milahs and weddings, but
at funerals too.
Only in Israel can such groups go hand in hand; only here do they allow
themselves to appear together in public. In no other developed country in
the world, not even in Italy, would mobsters and government officials dare
walk together in such a poisonous procession.
Haaretz is playing this one for laughs. It is also telling the truth about
evil.