I love Avichay's posts in which he says that Israel won on 6 October 1973..

I love Avichay's posts in which he says that Israel won on 6 October 1973.. and they comfort me psychologically very much.

As long as they are in denial like this.. it means they are facing a frightening obstacle.. called "admitting defeat".

I boxed all my life, from my youth.

And I fell defeated many times.. not on points. No...

By knockout.. 12 times out of 89 competitive fights.. I fought them in my life.

Knockout means I took a punch from my opponent after which I saw no light.. I fell and did not get up.. like a giant robot.. the electricity was cut off from it.

The cartilage of my ear was broken 6 times.. and a suit button was sewn into it so that it would come back sound.. and my ear would not be deformed the way you see the ears of some wrestlers and boxers.. shriveled and shrunken.

In one of these knockdowns I lost a molar.. not a tooth.. a molar.. do you understand what it means to take a punch that rips a healthy molar out of your jaw by the root?

If I had kept saying that I won in those 12 times.. and that I had turned the fight upside down.. and that the referee was unfair.

I would never have got up again.. nor won all the other fights.

But no.. I used to acknowledge defeat and appreciate it and respect it greatly.

The credit for that goes to my coach and the games teacher at my school, Mr. "Metwally".

The first time I was defeated I was saying that the referee wronged me because....

So he said to me: Cut the nonsense. You were defeated because your opponent was better.. simply.. no bullshit.

And in truth I did not listen to his words.. and I carried on and laughed at myself.

And I fell by knockout.. time after time.

And he put up with me patiently.

And then, at last, I listened to him.

And he taught me for long days.. before the phone camera.. to replay the fight and remember every step. And to see my mistakes and respect them.

And to learn.

And to admit the mistake.. to appreciate and respect my defeat.

"I" the defeated one.. was a step that had to be respected.. towards "the I that developed and became able to knock down a bull with one punch".

Mr. Metwally, may God grant him long life, is reading these words of mine right now.

To him, all love, respect and appreciation.

The moment you laugh at yourself. And deceive yourself that your defeat is a victory.. that is the golden road to failure.

And that is what Avichay is doing...

And the Israeli narrative adopts it.

And it comforts me.

"Everything is fine" is the golden road to falling.

Let them continue.

Oh, youth of Egypt: it was defeated in '73 and you formed the Agranat Commission and recommended the dismissal of Golda Meir and the defense minister and the Mossad chief, and you got the land back out of sheer victory.

Continue.

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