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Why do unity calls always fail? We learn this from Sukkot // Opinion
The unity campaign markets us varied adhesives with intensity, but examining the product's characteristics will reveal they are not intended for long-term use, so what does all this have to do with the approaching holiday and election period? Rabbi Yishai Gozlan in an opinion column
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Rabbi Yishai Gozlan writes in an opinion column that repeated unity messages every year before the Sukkot holiday and during election periods are barely realized in practice, and compares this to joining materials with weak glue that is not resistant over time.
According to the author, an old cynic once told him that everywhere the words 'united' and 'union' appear one should look for deep disagreement, and according to his claim this is true doubly in a year when elections are on the horizon. The author explains that from his experience from kindergarten age he arrived at two conclusions: that to join two different materials glue is required, and that there are weak glues that hold for only a short time as opposed to glues with strong bonding properties and long-term durability, and in his view one should cast this insight also on attempts to unite different parts of society.
