Amnon Danknerwas an Israeli newspaper editor and author. He was the editor of the mass-circulation daily Maariv for six years... (wikipedia)
He walked among us with a heavy, ponderous step for a generation, and now we understand how much he was a portrait of that generation, its essence and its core.
It could really be that the prime minister doesn't know how much he weighs ... because fat people don't like to know how much they weigh.
He proved that it can be done without causing civil strife and he paved the way for his heir to go on with it.