The Israeli public deserves a good word: it quickly internalized the Corona crisis • We are still without a cure, without a vaccine, without even a sufficient amount of tests - which is important • On the other hand, it is also reassuring: talking about the return of the virus in November • It can also come back gentle More, less nervous • interpretation
The entire Israeli public, including the residents of Bnei Brak, deserves a good word. He quickly understood the challenge of the Corona, although commentators, experts, part of the medical world, and a number of public opinion leaders explained to him just a few weeks ago that the Corona was just a slight flu, perhaps even an Israeli invention. More specifically, the invention of the prime minister designed to help his political survival, because among us, 36 seats in the last election is not really considered. Democracy in Israel is also a relative issue.
Reporter: Dana Pan Luzon // Photo: Gil Kramer // Edit: Sivan Schuster, Eden Barel
And because the Israeli public, with the exception of exceptional cases, finds responsibility, it has to be told the truth in particular now, when talking - as in many countries in the world - about the "exit strategy" after the holiday, which confuses millions in the country, and billions in the world. The intention, of course, is to step out of closure and isolation, not the crisis that has just begun. We are still at the peak, perhaps not even in the middle, of the Corona crisis, which will continue to accompany us for another long period. The World Monetary Fund is bringing us back to 1929 to make comparisons with the situation we expect tomorrow. And some talk about the Marshall Plan the day after the crisis, with China in the lead, instead of the US ... But don't be alarmed. It will be difficult, but bearable.
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We're not there yet. We are still without a cure, without a vaccine, even without a sufficient amount of testing (which is important). On the other hand, it is also reassuring: talking about the return of the virus in November; He can also come back gentler, less nervous.
And in general, when you see the numbers in Israel versus the numbers in the world, you realize that the system in Israel is functioning and is far from lacrosse, as sensationalists always try to show. There must have been some mistakes, and we will have to learn lessons on the move, but from here to the conclusions of the next Corona Commission to divide scores (of course without any political connection, and we believe ...) to those who saved lives in real time - the long way. Israel gets a very good rating from the world, even if you have to be careful. This is an ongoing, international and unprecedented crisis that no scriptwriter could prepare us for. The road goes a long way, and grades give in the end.
The Corona Challenge exposed some of us in their nakedness, and others turned out to be responsible adults. "Bibi lost the election, so he shut down the Knesset, ordered citizens to stay in the houses and issued whatever emergency orders he needed. This is called dictatorship," Prof. Yuval Noah Harari tweeted on March 19. Such a tweet in our media world probably earns you many minutes of broadcasting and beautiful photography alongside some black flag. Perhaps it is better to save ourselves the title worthy of the tweet itself. Still, Mountain sells books. In contrast, author David Grossman and journalist Gideon Levy, whose positions are widely known to many of our readers, understood the magnitude and importance of national responsibility and the establishment of a unity government. Long live the difference between Grossman and Harari.
The Corona crisis will accompany us for another extended period, but epidemics are fleeting. Some, such as the Hong Kong Influenza (1968), are even forgotten despite the one million dead. And so today, you should also think about the day after. We want a government and certainly don't want elections (not to believe they voted in the Democratic primaries in the state of Wisconsin), but not at all costs. If there was a majority in the Knesset yesterday - including the non-Zionist joint list - then the right-wing majority and the coalition cannot be waived today, to give up sovereignty over the valley and settle in Judea and Samaria - nor to break the balance between authorities in favor of the judge. This war is also waged for Gantz.
