The two are now stuck, together with Lieberman and Ya'alon, at the top of the left wing - senior members of the bitterness cabinet • History has called them to shrug, but they chose a deal • Opinion
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This week, with his typical arrogance, Yair Lapid agreed to throw some bone at Benjamin Netanyahu. He is prepared that in a unity government, the PM will run the "Corona Desk". Have a desk head.
Like a dolphin emerging from the waves, a tiny, thin piece of truth was revealed for a moment: it is not a state-of-the-art material. Exaggerated, boyish, spoiled lepidism also fueled the rebellious mood of the protests in front of the Knesset over the past week. Convoys of jeeps breached the Jerusalem corridor to claim the toy they had been promised, without realizing how trapped they were in a narrative that could not be extracted, but through a harsh, bitter landing into reality.
They know within them that democracy has not come close to collapse, but the brash concept they have given themselves over the past year. These were childish, disproportionate demonstrations, a total balance. And not just because of the infectious corona virus. Like boys rioting in front of their parents, they have thus dissolved their frustration from themselves, realizing that their power is limited, that they have been following a childish fantasy. So they flocked to demonstrate in front of the "responsible adult". The Knesset, the court.
These were the last paraphernalia of a super program driven by bitter vapors of hatred. Hate can do a lot of damage, but it's not fuel that can drive long distances. In a long, very long text, Yair Lapid explained this week that he has an ideology. It's not just bibi. What does it mean to emerge from a third election campaign, to declare victory, and then, in a hurry, to try to convince a multitude of words that you have always had an ideology? That might be a hint of what will happen in less than 48 hours.
The past few weeks have shown Benny Gantz and Ashkenazi to what a political, ideological and moral absurdity can lead to a vengeance and revenge obsession. Ya'alon, a torch, sent, entered a stubborn, mad, uncompromising "trip". They succeeded in disrupting rifts, slaughtering sacred cows, violating entrenched norms, discarding some of the values that keep Israeli solidarity alive. They didn't see their eyes. A crisis of a coronal magnitude also failed to shake psychosis for a moment. It was an exponential frenzy, as it was defined this week by Akiva Bigman. They admitted it with their mouths full. "To lower Netanyahu - that's a supreme goal." Disable the freedom of choice of almost half the people - that's the way. This is clearly politics that has come to ruin, before it knows if and what it wants to build. And hate is not something you can build something that will last.
Gantz and Ashkenazi - and anyone who has left the House of No Future - just saw it clearly in the past week. This entire political venture was an eye-opener, and it was clear that white blue could produce neither reconciliation nor constructive policy in Israel. Send, Torch and Ya'alon were on their way to bring Israel to a path of destruction. Their disruptive behavior showed Gantz and Ashkenazi the right way, and they cut at the last minute. They managed to escape the concept before her Yom Kippur came.
Send and Torch are now stuck, together with Lieberman and Ya'alon, at the top of the left-hand desk. Senior members of the bitterness cabinet. It was a momentous test. History literally called for them to give a shrug. But they preferred to stay in the vengeful and vengeful business. Their real faces were revealed; Their dolphin jumped. It was fortunate that this happened before they were able to take state responsibility for Israel during such a sensitive test period.