It is not always interesting - if at all - to get into the mountains of an argument that takes place entirely within the left. But sometimes such an argument has a far-reaching impact on life in Israel. This is the case with the backlash of strong writers about David Grossman and Gideon Levy, who allegedly paved the way for Benny Gantz to join a unity government led by "Defendant Balfour", as they call the prime minister even during the current crisis.

Probably the generational difference also makes a difference. Grossman and Gideon Levy, members of that generation, were already soldiers when their critics were not yet born. They saw this madman, the State of Israel, standing on the edge of the cliff, a doubt being pushed into the abyss and a threat threatening to jump in its initiative. And it does something, that memory. There are situations that invite influential people to their moment of truth; And whoever fails to judge in that moment of truth, no one will listen to him anymore. So at six after the war and so at six after the plague.

Uri Avnery is an example that could explain Grossman. Throughout the period leading up to the May 1967 crisis, Avnery was one of those who protested against the expropriation of Arab territory in the Galilee. He accused Levi Eshkol and his government of intending to eradicate press freedom through defamation law. But all this before the war. The same prime minister, Eshkol, the territorial inspector and the freedom of speech that even plagued the region before the war, was threatened at the height of the crisis by anti-democratic moves. Some are in the style of racing cars and black flags; Instead of the merry Windsor wives, the merry Windsor men.

On May 30, with the climax at its peak and nervousness on the edge, Avnery stood above the Knesset booth for cluster defense and against the campaign to oust him. "I am jealous of the minister, who had the psychic power to give such a learned and quiet lecture here, while a system of instigation and incitement against the Israeli government of which he is a member is being conducted by bodies and individuals whose lust in government has passed them," said Uri Avnery, as if describing the intoxication of anarchy Politics is in the midst of an epidemic that the state did not know. "It is doubtful if there is an example in history when, during a war or a war, such a campaign is underway to undermine public and military confidence in the government. It was shocking today to see a big, anonymous ad ..." the failed government ", the same government ... with the fate of the entire state ..." .

It seems to me that people like Grossman and Levi have realized that the laws of attraction have changed little in the current crisis and that on the one hand, the prime minister cannot now be ousted; And on the other, dictates national responsibility and unity government. I can reassure the extremist left-wing oppositionists who are constantly talking about a "knife in the back," that Grossman and Levi will not linger for even a second unnecessary before being heavily criticized by the same government. The establishment of the Soviet-Jewish civilian state can be postponed to six after the epidemic.

And a word nonetheless thanks to Netanyahu's uniqueness. No prime minister in the history of the state would ever think of appearing on television and explaining that the crucial strategic step was severing physical contact and maintaining extreme hygiene. Those who understand that this is their job at the moment deserve to be celebrated also by great writers.