The Dirty Trick (Israel)
The dirty trick (Hebrew: התרגיל המסריח, HaTargil HaMasriah, lit. the stinking trick) refers to a political scandal that erupted in Israel in 1990. It consisted of an attempt by Shimon Peres to form a narrow government made up of the left-wing factions and the ultra-orthodox parties. It failed when the ultra-Orthodox parties backed out on the deal.
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Famous quotes containing the words dirty and/or trick:
“All parents occasionally have ambivalent feelings toward their children. We love our kids, but there are times when we don’t really like them, or at least we can’t stand what our children are doing. But most of us keep those feelings to ourselves, as if it’s dirty little secret. It doesn’t fit in with our images of what we should do and feel as parents.”
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)
“With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it’s not just a trick of the devil.”
—Jean Anouilh (1910–1987)