Man’s Wrong Apocalyptic Climate Predictions Overshadow Wrong Apocalyptic Palestinian Violence Predictions

He also wrongly predicted COVID would decimate the population.

Tel Aviv, January 26 – A columnist for Israel’s most prestigious newspaper found himself forced to respond today to doomsday forecasts he made regarding climate change that have failed to pan out, a development that pushed out of the public eye his previous unfulfilled forecast that Israeli moves to assert sovereignty would spark Arab unrest, which in turn drew attention away from his prior dire warnings of impending mass-death from COVID-19.

Haaretz op-ed pundit Hen Ipenni attracted a spate of angry letters to the editor this week and last following a column in which the political commentator decried what he called a “lackluster” and “far from adequate” set of ecological policies that will do little to forestall a catastrophic rise in global atmospheric temperature, reduce pollution, or mitigate habitat destruction of endangered species. The letters took Ipenni to task for using outdated models, employing overwrought hyperbole, betraying his ignorance of unintended consequences, and foisting expenses on those who already struggle to make ends meet. The veteran writer acknowledged that the current brouhaha displaced his previous brouhaha before satisfactory resolution, namely his prediction that Israel reducing enforcement of a ban on Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount will spark Palestinian riots and general violence from Muslims all over, a prophecy that failed to materialize.

“I was still busy defending my Palestinian violence prediction when this latest thing blew up,” he recalled. “Backlash of that nature usually lasts longer. It’s hardly the first time I’ve cautioned that Israel shouldn’t assert Jewish rights to anything because it’ll provoke Arabs, and then the violence I envisioned doesn’t pan out. It happened at least three or four times in the last ten years, but for some reason I still have a job. I guess as long as my rhetoric comes from one specific part of the political map, I’m safe, employment-wise.”

Ipenni noted that his admonition to shut down the country and subject the nation to even more stringent lockdowns than the three implemented since winter of 2020, lest the pandemic decimate Israel, went unheeded, but he faced comparatively less criticism for his stance than for his more recent wrong predictions. Ipenni attributes the relative lack of criticism for his COVID mitigation stance to the fact that he was merely one in a sea of pundits, leaders, bureaucrats, and celebrities all calling for a total shutdown of the country in ways that upper- and upper-middle-class citizens such as he would shelter at home while subjecting hoi polloi to risk of exposure to maintain his steady supply of food and household goods.

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