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by Ahmed Charai • May 24, 2018 at
1:00 pm
- "I know that at
home you call me 'the old lady.' Well, I'm a grandmother, and
you're a grandfather. And so from one grandparent to another,
let me express my hope that our grandchildren will know a future
of peace ..." — Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir to
former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
- Yesterday, two women
were named at the head of what is seen as the center of power in
the US, the Intelligence services: Gina Haspel and Kirstjen
Nielsen.
- It is this permanence
of public service that, in the USA, assures that a president
cannot be omnipotent; it is a true sign of democracy.
Central
Intelligence Agency Director Gina Haspel (left) and Secretary of
Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. (Images source: Nielsen - World
Economic Forum / Haspel - CIA)
Some Arab leaders stood out, in part, by their sexist
and disrespectful language against former Secretaries of State,
Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice. Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat referred to Golda Meir as the Old Lady. There was a famous
discussion about it when Sadat came to the Knesset, and in front of
the camera she said to him: "I know that at home you call me
'the old lady.' Well, I'm a grandmother, and you're a grandfather.
And so from one grandparent to another, let me express my hope that
our grandchildren will know a future of peace..."
The Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, had what some
referred to as a slightly eerie obsession with Condoleezza Rice,
describing her as his "African Princess."
Yesterday, two women were named at the head of what is
seen as the center of power in the US, the Intelligence services:
Gina Haspel and Kirstjen Nielsen.
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