Former Dubai Police Chief Gets the Pasuk Right This Time

 Remember the Dubai Police Chief who (in my own mind) incorrectly interpreted the Pasuk:

תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה, עִם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ

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Well, I didn't know how prophetic that post would be when I said:

However, the real interpretation is:

Lt. Gen. Tamim, you will be with Hashem, your G-d by being nice to the Jewish people and stop accusing them for your own inadequacies.

It turns out that he is doing some Teshuva:

The former chief of the Dubai police, who was outspoken about the alleged Israeli assassination of a top Hamas terrorist in his city in 2010 and threatened to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, criticized Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday for opposing the United Arab Emirates’ peace deal with the Jewish state.

Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, who is now Deputy Chief of Police and General Security, tweeted, “Remove from your heads the idea that you do not establish relations with Israel except by order of Mahmoud Abbas.”

Since the peace deal was announced last month, Abbas has condemned it in increasingly harsh terms as a betrayal of the Palestinian cause and the Arab people in general.

Tamim’s statement is all the more remarkable because of his leading role in the investigation of the execution of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January 2010.

Interesting that Yishmael the nation is doing Teshuva just as Yishmael, the son of Avraham, did Teshuva at the end of his life.  Choosing the path of least resistance is a good move for them.  We'll see how it plays out.