אדריכלות ישראלית - גיליון 127

2021 נובמבר 127 מעצבים מציירים אדריכלות ישראלית 95 | | Once the 'compromise coalition' was settled, I felt no need to write about politics, the liars, the capital/regime connections, and the difference between men and women…though when the left lane ahead is blocked…I find it difficult to remain indifferent. Write about love, I said to myself, it brings joy to the soul. My traditional instinct sent me to the love stories of the Bible, but before long I recalled that all the intrigues and manipulations therein were invented; it is no secret that all love stories about our 'ideal' characters are tied with murders, betrayal and obscenity, starting with Lot who got drunk in order to lay with his two daughters during the his wife’s days of mourning (Shivah), continuing with David who sent Uriah to get killed in battle so he could 'adopt' his widow Batsheva, and King Saul who demanded 100 Philistines' Foreskins so he could get his wife, Michal. Let go of the Bible, I told the editors, go for something simpler such as the unconditional love between husband and wife, especially those who remain friends until death separates them. Soon I remembered the story about Yoram who turned to his wife, leaving the divorce department of the Rabbinate: "Debora’le, now that we have no secrets, did you ever betray me?" "Well," replied Debora, (in Hebrew a 'bee'), if you are prepared to hear the truth, I stung you only three times: first when they rejected you for officer training, and knowing how important it was for you, I met the base commander; the second, when the overdraft was extended and I, in order to prevent them from confiscating your Fiat 127, I met with the bank manager."‬ "So," asked Yoram carefully… when was the third time?" "The third and last time was not long ago, when you ran for mayor, and you needed 100 more signatures...". Mayors are not what we thought. Not everything in the city is based on love, and what a Mayor needs to survive is to divide here and there building rights to those who know how to support him… and some pennies so he can finish the month when he is released from jail.. Well, not every mayor of course, only those who are caught. Go for free of charge love, I mumbled - there are no capital/ regime relations, neither is there a difference between secular and orthodox. Men are not men - both have long hair and high heels. And that reminded me that even in the compromise coalition not everything is perfect, despite the good intentions. One can’t argue with facts. After all we somehow have a state… yet there are hospitals with many patients and few doctors, a Minister of Agriculture without agriculture, and the two main roads in the country are limited to two lanes, but the Ministress of Transportation managed to lower the air-conditioning in the trains by two degrees. And yes, half of the population is still getting excited when singing Da-vi-d, King of Israel, while the other half dreams of two states, when they do not yet own even one flat. Alterman once (approximately) wrote that had it not been for love, it would be a nice autumn evening. Architect Dr. Ami Ran a nice autumn evening editorial דבר העורך David and Batsheba - Sir Thomas Wyatt