Second Israel is inevitably dragged into every political debate. Now a donor of the summer demonstrators of 2020. To strengthen the thesis that these are left-wing-Ashkenazi anarchists, funded by the new foundation, Dr. Avishai Ben-Haim is recruited. The seventy again use the facts.

Let us start with the facts. The second Israel is the one that suffered the worst health blow in the Corona crisis. In each locality, it is a result of a lack of resources, overcrowding, weakened vital workers, etc. Along the way, they have been accused of spreading disease.

The second Israel is also the one that has suffered the worst economic blow. The million new unemployed are from the lower-middle class. The average wage of the unemployed is about NIS 7,000. The average unemployment benefit paid by the National Insurance Institute was only NIS 3,500. When the crisis enters its fifth month, the second Israel loses all the security networks, which were poor anyway. Many go to poverty. The National Insurance data show that if we were to measure the poverty rate today, we would expect an increase of at least 20 percent in the number of Israelis living in poverty. Martin Luther King spoke of the moments when "it is impossible to sit on the fence." Standing alongside the other Israel requires a push to change a dramatic political direction.

Surprisingly, Ben-Haim's thesis is reversed. Demonstrations throughout Israel are seen by him as demonstrations by "First Israel," which seeks to oust Netanyahu. The second Israel, according to Ben-Haim, maintains Netanyahu. A bad half-truth lies. Ben-Haim's thesis is based on an analysis of the "black flags" protest, which focuses on Netanyahu's corruption. There is an over-representation of economically established groups, Ashkenazi, center-left voters.

This thesis ignores the new protest, which represents a much broader agenda. When small business owners go out to demonstrate, they represent tens of thousands of freelancers, many of them in the periphery. When the corona crisis doubles food needs, protection against domestic violence, the digital connection and more, it is impossible to hang on to the white excuse of the "black flags" to undo the 2020 protest.

This thesis also makes the second Israel a placard. She is looking for those who swear that "there is no one but Netanyahu," preferably with H. and E. There are some. These are a negligible minority among the second Israel, the periphery of Israel, which consists of Orientals, Russian-speakers, Ethiopians, Arabs and ultra-Orthodox.

The truth is that the second Israel is alienated from the political game. Peripheral authorities have far fewer voters in general elections than powerful authorities. In 2015, for example, 53 percent voted in the periphery. The overall turnout was over 70 percent. The voters and those involved present a much more complex political view than "just Bibi". They are less interesting to those who want to keep using us.

Avi Dabush is the director general of rabbis for human rights and a member of the leadership of the peripheral movement