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Eradicate the hate virus

2020-07-23T21:52:49.687Z


Meir IndorNow it is possible to find out: The threats against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which led to the arrest of a reserve officer from the left, were written in the officers' forum (Res.) Of the Almagor organization for victims of terrorism, which I chair. The forum is for emergencies (like searching for missing persons). The older officer arrested is my best friend from the army - E., who demon...


Now it is possible to find out: The threats against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which led to the arrest of a reserve officer from the left, were written in the officers' forum (Res.) Of the Almagor organization for victims of terrorism, which I chair. The forum is for emergencies (like searching for missing persons). The older officer arrested is my best friend from the army - E., who demonstrates in front of me in the left - wing encampment near the Prime Minister's House, and has previously danced at my wedding.

We remained friends despite disagreements. Such is the people of Israel - volunteers and friends from the ends of the political spectrum gather in an emergency, arguing and fighting with each other on weekdays. 

And now? Do we not understand and internalize that we are in an emergency? The statement of E., my brother to the soul, even though it was said in Idna Dartha, reflects the short thread that accompanies our lives these days, when a man plucks the hair of his friend's head, as if there are not thousands infected with the plague and hundreds dead. Jerusalem was not destroyed but for free hatred. These things that were written about the days of the Second Temple that was actually destroyed these days, are more acute today than ever. 

One of the consequences of this quarrel is the wave of conspiracy theories refuted that there is no plague, that it is a deception of the government; Theories that stem from hostility and distrust. The best doctors and specialists are united around the need to maintain distance and wear masks; Simple but life-saving steps. How does it happen that during a war for life there are such conspiracies and a conscious beep on the guidelines?

Who is responsible for the failure, which will cost human lives - the exclusion of the demonstrations from the ban on gathering? Is the legal system, which sees freedom of expression, a more important value than the value of life? Why are the police obligated to allow demonstrations to take place in which all the rules of the corona are violated, and roadblocks with protesters clinging to each other and endangering themselves and the police?

All this must stop in the corona plague. These days mark the 15th anniversary of the expulsion of the settlers from Gush Katif and northern Samaria. 

There was no more foolish decision than that made by deception and corruption. And yet, the displaced were conducted in a state-run manner. The pilot rabbi, Brigadier General Rafi Peretz, even danced a sad dance with the forces and the commanders. 

Protesters against the government and its leader should learn statehood and national discipline from the conduct in Gush Katif after the destruction of the houses and the deportation. They paid a heavier price than those who do not want to see Netanyahu in office. 

The prime minister was duly elected, despite allegations against him. His trial is conducted in court, and he must continue to conduct himself in court and not on the street. Certainly not in blocking roads and squares during this emergency, nor in the encampment that becomes the corona hatchery.

Unfortunately, there is no enforcement. Without enforcement - take self-discipline. Let Prime Minister Netanyahu conduct the campaign against the epidemic, and at the same time - conduct the campaign against the Iranian danger and its metastases.

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Source: israelhayom

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