They used to say about Yitzhak Shamir that he conducted peace
negotiations with our neighbors as long as they never ended -
the negotiations and the sea, which in his mind was the same
sea, because the Arabs were the same Arabs. To his credit, it
should be said that he did not conceal his intentions - he
admitted them, if ever so slightly. Nothing was urgent for
Shamir until everything started to become urgent.  Every prime
minister after him, with the exception of Yitzhak Rabin, behaved
exactly like he did, though they added whistles and bells to the
foot-dragging. If the rumors are true and history really does
have a muse, he will one day convene a press conference and
utter his verdict: Shamir, Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu,
Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert are in fact the same
dancer - one step forward, two steps back, and to the sides.
Will Tzipi Livni also turn out to be a dancer in this troupe?
Each one loves to take but hates to give, becomes addicted to
talks on condition that there won't