He Goes to Moscow - But Absolutely Not to Ramallah

By Adam Keller (Gush Shalom)

Israeli Prime Minister
Naftali Bennet
Undertook to mediate
In the war between
Russia and Ukraine.

"The chances
For success are slim"
Bennet said upon
His return from Moscow,
"But if there is
Even the slightest chance
Of saving human lives,
Then it is
Our moral duty."

Naftali Bennet feels
No moral duty
To make
A diplomatic effort
Towards ending
The bloody conflict
With the Palestinians
In which
The state he heads
Is mired.

Bennet flew
To Moscow,
But under
No circumstances
Will he
Travel to Ramallah.

On the day
That Bennet
Returned from
His mediation mission,
Israeli police and soldiers
Killed two
Palestinian youths,
One aged 19,
The other aged 16.

The media
Reported briefly:
"Two more terrorists
Have been eliminated!"
The same as last week
And as next week.