Netanyahu at the beginning of the cabinet meeting: the internal debate in Israel will not prevent us from acting against our enemy (Rom media)
Binyamin Netanyahu is the perfect casting for the role of Hatem in the Passover Haggadah.
the truth?
Due to his many years of office, he could be assigned to any role: wise, evil and also someone who does not know how to ask.
And yet, on Pesach he sat down and was drunk.
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In the letter he sent at the beginning of the week in response to the movement for the quality of government for violating the conflict of interest arrangement, Netanyahu revealed himself in all his innocence.
Through his lawyers, he explained that he should be allowed to be involved in the legal revolution because Israel was caught in a "national crisis" with consequences for its security and economic situation.
"Every sane person understands that a national crisis, which has internal and external consequences for the State of Israel, the Prime Minister is obliged to act for the benefit of the people," stated the Prime Minister and added:
"With all due respect to the settlement of a conflict of interest, when there is an issue that the President of the State announces that he believes may lead to civil war, when the President of the United States and world leaders express a position on an issue and when the issue affects the security of the country and the economy, the Prime Minister must manage the issue." So what did we have here
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The prime minister admits in practice that all the warnings of the economists, the high-tech people, the governors and the bank managers were justified. Netanyahu admits that we have fallen into a national crisis that affects the security of the country and the economy. The events of the last few days: the events on the Temple Mount, the missiles from Lebanon and Gaza, and the terrorist attacks
from the Jordan Valley to the Tel Promenade Aviv, they did teach that security was damaged, even very damaged. Indeed a national crisis that is not expressed only in the calculations of the economists.
What will happen if the government companies move to his area of responsibility?
Minister at the Ministry of Justice David Amsalem (Photo: Reuven Castro)
But unfortunately this warning of the "national crisis" was only given to the court because in a parallel world Netanyahu the politician acts as if he lives in another country.
In the country of the Sematorichis and Ben Gavirim, everything is fine.
At the end of February, Netanyahu stated something completely opposite and called on investors to flock to Israel:
"In recent days, I hear concern about the impact of the reform on economic stability. Our moves will not only not harm, but will return Israel to a stronger legal status. The rule of law, democracy, the economy, respect for agreements and the right The property will be in a better condition."
So which Netanyahu to believe?
To the one who gave the answer to the court to get out of an embarrassment or to Netanyahu the politician.
I believe in the first option and let the table speak for itself.
If we regard Israel as a public company, then a quick look at the data for the first quarter of 2023 of the Start Up Nation company that were revealed on the eve of the holiday indicated a quarterly drop in venture capital investments to only 1.7 billion dollars, which is a decade low.
The other economic data show that we are indeed in a national-economic and security crisis.
We will stick with Netanyahu's version, as delivered to the court: a national crisis that requires the intervention of the Prime Minister.
So what is Netanyahu doing to rescue us from the depths of the pit and justify the conflict of interests we have fallen into?
Fires Defense Minister Yoav Galant and deepens the uncertainty: instructs the Commissioner of Police to establish Revolutionary Guards in the Blue and White version after he responded to Itamar Ben Gabir's blackmail.
Let's put aside for a moment the aroma of the dark regimes that arises from the establishment of Ben Gabir's militia and focus again, on the numbers: the establishment of the guard will entail a horizontal cut of NIS 1.4 billion in a series of budgets, including the security and welfare budgets.
And in view of this topic, which grabbed the headlines, another "tiny" folly was pushed to the margins of the matter: the silencing of Dodi Amsalem, let us remind you - a ghost minister in the Ministry of Justice, who aspired to move up a class.
Netanyahu transferred to Amsalem the responsibility for handling the government companies' authority, a move that also took it out of the hands of Finance Minister Bezalel Semtorich.
Since Semtorich is also not a sucker and he also understands nothing or years of blackmail against someone he called a "liar son of a liar", the move did not go smoothly.
At the cabinet meeting at the beginning of the week, the Minister of Finance warned against the move and received the backing of the top brass of the Treasury.
"There is professional importance in retaining representatives of the Ministry of Finance employees as directors in the government companies in order to preserve financial insight and oversight of corporate governance."
Amsalem tried to silence Semtorich with a typical response that can be summed up in the sentence: 'Who are you to oppose Netanyahu'?
Which means that at least Amsalem, after his insulting independence exercises after the formation of the government, learned exactly what to say to establish the new appointment.
Another discussion on the subject will take place after the holiday, but we have already received a "what if" style warning: the removal of the CEO of the railway and the CEO of the Airports Authority by the Minister of Transportation Miri Regev, are just a trailer for the Amsalem festival in the government companies.
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This is how it is when there is urgent personal legislation to pass (Photo: ShutterStock)
But apart from the political matters in which he delved into the prime minister, what parts of the "national crisis" did he handle?
Let's take the area of the cost of living that is so dear to him (except the Iranian nuclear of course).
On the eve of the holiday, the price of gasoline for cars was frozen thanks to a temporary tax subsidy, electricity was discounted by 2.8% (even though an 8.6% discount was promised) and water will be discounted (thanks to the discount on electricity and the waiver of dividends from sources).
Oh, and the tax on sugary drinks was also abolished.
But the really significant thing like giving tax credits to parents for children aged 6-12 was not addressed.
why?
Because the members of the Knesset did not have time to deal with extending the validity of the regulations, since the legal revolution is more important.
And the paychecks of young parents evaporated hundreds of shekels this month.
A demonstration against the legal revolution.
Netanyahu is already receiving backing from a responsible opposition in the face of a security threat.
But make no mistake: public order will not return until the revolution is canceled (Photo: Reuven Castro)
So what does Netanyahu need to do to really deal with the "national crisis" without tricks and without tricks and without trashing the president?
The essential thing is the cancellation of the legal revolution.
If he is unable, let's see him brave enough to go to a referendum.
After all, he himself stated that the public supports the reform.
Alternative option: It is still not too late to minimize damages and immediately adopt the President's outline.
The outline that was proposed already two months ago was immediately adopted by the leaders of the opposition but was rejected within 5 minutes by Netanyahu's representatives (until the last hours I signaled to the president that he was with him, but at the moment of truth he surrendered to the extremists around him and disappeared).
The prime minister entered the event with unclean hands and now he is wallowing in the mud only because what interests him is his personal interest and that of his family.
His attempts to put everyone to sleep and continue the revolution after independence (as fired by Miri Regev), will no longer work.
Not even about Benny Gantz.
He receives the backing of a responsible opposition in the face of attacks on Israel, but public peace will not be his lot until he stops sacrificing the future of the State of Israel for his own personal interest.
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