Two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, war fatigue is playing into Putin’s hands
Rabbi Yochanan said that after the destruction of the Holy Temple the gift of prophecy was bestowed upon fools and children. Political analysts are neither, so on February 24, 2022, few of them expected that the largest war in Europe since World War II would last much longer than a few months. To say nothing of ordinary people and their expectations about how long this war would last.
“What’s been decided in the negotiations?”
I recall the hopeful spirit with which we awaited the outcome of the Istanbul negotiations back in March, 2022. And how after that we set our hopes on May 9th (Victory Day over Nazi Germany) — a sacred date in the post-USSR world. We thought that it would all be resolved by that holy day.
The other side had similar expectations. During those days an elderly Jewish teacher from Bucha detailed for the Exodus-2022 Project (Testimonies of Jewish refugees of the Russo-Ukrainian war) her encounters with occupying Russian soldiers.
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Rabbi Yochanan said that after the destruction of the Holy Temple the gift of prophecy was bestowed upon fools and children. Political analysts are neither, so on February 24, 2022, few of them expected that the largest war in Europe since World War II would last much longer than a few months. To say nothing of ordinary people and their expectations about how long this war would last.
“What’s been decided in the negotiations?”
I recall the hopeful spirit with which we awaited the outcome of the Istanbul negotiations back in March, 2022. And how after that we set our hopes on May 9th (Victory Day over Nazi Germany) — a sacred date in the post-USSR world. We thought that it would all be resolved by that holy day.
The other side had similar expectations. During those days an elderly Jewish teacher from Bucha detailed for the Exodus-2022 Project (Testimonies of Jewish refugees of the Russo-Ukrainian war) her encounters with occupying Russian soldiers.
Read more...