The political battle of accusations, which began immediately after the escape of the six terrorists from Gilboa Prison, was ridiculous.
The opposition's demand for the dismissal of Minister of Internal Security Amar Bar-Lev is unjustified, as are the coalition's accusations that the terrorists began digging the tunnel during the time of the previous minister who came from the Likud.
As long as it does not become clear that a structured organizational failure in the prison administration or in the entire prison service is what led to the escape - there is no justification for claiming ministerial responsibility.
How can ministers, the current and its predecessors, know that Gilboa Prison is built on stilts and that the space between the building and the ground may be used for the escape of prisoners?
New Prison Service Commissioner Katie Perry's quick announcement that she will not resign is also out of place. You can wait with the resignation notice as you can wait with the resignation. This culture precludes the possibility of examining events in a clean and disinterested manner. This is exactly what happened at the Meron event. Even before the blood dried, and without anyone really understanding what exactly was going on there, the demands for interrogation and beheading began. The government, which has a clear interest in investigating the incident so that it does not change, understood where the wind was blowing and tried to block any possibility of an external investigation. It was clear to her as day that in the public and media mood, without some senior officials fulfilling their duties, perhaps even permanently, there would be no systemic bottom line. It will not be the failures that matter but the rolling heads. And that they were less willing to submit to the opposition on the silver platter. The state commission of inquiry was set up only by the current government.
With or without a connection, the escape on the eve of Rosh Hashanah opened a long discussion about the conditions of detention of the security prisoners, who are the terrorists held in Israeli prisons.
Look again at the issue of self-management, speaking, academic studies, and other benefits that ordinary prisoners do not enjoy - a discussion that evokes a sense of despair and anger every time it is heard, but with zero changes in the field.
Not in the current government, not in the previous one and not in its predecessors.
It is as if it is a matter of fate that the government in Israel has not yet formed to change this.
Instead of meeting the humanitarian minimum required by Israeli law and international law, terrorists receive the maximum.
Behaving in front of them is like walking on eggs.
A constant feeling that improper movement will collapse the prison on its occupants.
Indeed, the terrorists are not ordinary prisoners, mainly due to their ability to organize and the feeling of mutual guarantee, which leads to a dissatisfied prisoner in Gilboa Prison leading to a mass revolt in Megiddo Prison and vice versa.
Not to mention the international intervention that sometimes accompanies such events.
In fact, it is not the IPS that manages matters regarding security prisoners. GSS agents enter and leave the same cells every day and as a matter of routine, and often dictate the conditions of incarceration, for better or worse, according to their considerations, which are not always in line with procedures. The regulars of the IPS.
In general, the detention of such prisoners, whose conditions of incarceration may have far-reaching policy implications, should not be done by the Prison Service, but perhaps by the General Security Service.
Perhaps by the IDF. These questions, which will probably not be answered soon, add to difficult feelings that directly relate to the current political reality. Shows how bleak the situation is: every value and every ideology becomes trampled on by the horror of missing fingers in the Knesset to transfer a budget, when the government relies on the extremists and needs to please and appease them from morning to evening.
"The enemies see us as one people."
Danon / Photo: Dudi Vaknin,
right and left?
There is a Jewish people
The election of Yitzhak Herzog as president opened the race for the presidency of the Jewish Agency.
By the end of next month, the decision is expected to fall, and the leading candidates at the moment are Elazar Stern, Danny Danon and Irena Nevzlin.
The person behind Stern's candidacy is Yair Lapid, who was recently joined by Prime Minister Bennett.
But most of all, Stern serves as an extremely necessary work arrangement for Lapid and Bennett, and critical to the stability of the coalition. If he is elected, the intelligence file in his possession will be transferred to Eli Avidar from Yisrael Beiteinu, and the troubles he threatened to deceive will cease completely.
Danon is not really supported by any person or party. Although he is the chairman of the World Likud, he is not the party's candidate. Even Benjamin Netanyahu is not really working for his election. Danon may deter some of the liberal wing of the electorate, but his experience may be the one that compensates for everything. Worldwide and also as Ambassador to the UN, Danon has worked throughout his years to bring Jewish communities around the world closer to Israel, and has personal acquaintance with almost all community leaders in the United States.
"It flatters me that my name comes up in the context of the position," says Danon. The connection with the Jewish people and the Jewish communities is a challenge. We are a small nation, 15 million people, and must work together. I lived in New York, my children went to Jewish schools and I lived in the community. I represented the state in the community but I also want to speak on behalf of the community within Israel and represent them. "I am in personal contact with the heads of the communities, with the Rabbinical Committee in Europe regarding kosher food, I am involved in the issue of the security of Chabad houses around the world. These are issues that I am well acquainted with."
As someone who has an outside view - what do you say about the political situation in Israel?
"I think the government is in a very complex situation in that it depends on the tip of the iceberg. Every MK is in a situation where he can demand what he wants. It is very difficult to run in this situation, and it has prices. It is a submissive government to extortion. In the long run, it's all maintenance. The test of every leader, and I link this to the leadership of the Jewish world, is whether we succeed in having the children who are 12 today remain part of the Jewish people or not. We need to make decisions that will serve us in the future.
" It is very clear what the common denominator is to remove Netanyahu from office. The goal has been achieved, but what next? Where do you go from here? And there are no answers to that at the moment. "
Did Netanyahu have to vacate his seat in the Likud so that a right-wing government could be formed?
"We are a democratic party, he will be elected in a democratic election, and if there is an election - these allegations will also be raised later by the candidates. Back up the elected leader. "
How do you see what is happening now within the movement, especially those who announce that they will run against Netanyahu?
"Any deal is legitimate. You do not inherit the power, you have to deal. There are 140,000 functionaries and they will make their own decision as to who should lead the movement. For me - at the moment there is no deal so it's not on the agenda. "I will be elected to a position in the agency, I will focus on doing things in the Jewish world, but if not, I will have to wait to see when the elections will take place and who will run. One day, of course, I will direct myself to lead the movement."
You do not regret going to New York? In the meantime, the Likud is somewhat forgotten from the heart.
"I think the service I did was important - the chairman of the UN Committee on Legal Affairs, the vice president of the General Assembly. , And the fact that I was elected by a large majority in the run-up to the presidency of the World Likud. "
The Reform community does not want you, you are too conservative.
"This is not true. I am appreciated by very many audiences. After serving in the UN I am appreciated by many in the US and around the world. I have learned that in the struggles I have waged our enemies do not distinguish between left and right, and need to see how important moves are made.
I always say that we should act as one people, just as our enemies see us as one people. "
Much more receives a blessing
A welcome guest.
Ganz / Photo: Oren Ben Hakon,
On the eve of the holiday, at 10 a.m., Bnei Gantz arrived at Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky's home to be blessed for the new year. Seemingly a routine sight in the rabbi's house. Rashbam Street residents in Bnei Brak are already accustomed to the feature that accompanies visits by celebrities, mainly government ministers, who sometimes arrive with an entourage and escorted by security guards, and walk briskly to the modest house and a quick meeting with the Lithuanian current leader whose name came from afar. The feature on the street is also related to the identity of the politician. With some of them, the curious - usually ultra-Orthodox teenagers who own smartphones and not the most kosher ones - want to take selfies. Sometimes cries of support and encouragement are heard. Often also mini-demonstrations that are organized in a hurry. President Herzog, for example, was warmly received. A handful of zealots opposed to the state chanted slogans against him and against Israel. Not because it's Herzog, but because the president.
Ganz was received with a hug. On Bnei Brak Street, they are angry with the government, not with Ganz. The fact that he entered the rabbi's house is not routine at all. Since the formation of the current government, the ministers' visits to the place have ceased completely. Even ministers who would come regularly received a sharp message that their presence this time was undesirable. Gideon Saar is one of them. Every year on the eve of Rosh Hashanah he would come to Rabbi Kanievsky, both as a public figure and as a private person. The year has not come. And not because he did not want to.
Not only did Saar want to, other ministers like Hili Trooper and Yoaz Handel also received a negative answer. Bennett himself, accompanied by MK Moshe Gafni, arrived at the rabbi's house on Rosh Hashanah two years ago. This year, if he had asked, he would have been denied. Ganz never met with Rabbi Kanievsky. As mentioned above, since the government was formed entry of Ministers blocked.
haredim outraged by the partners to the same government that issued them in opposition, and cut them off from centers of power, which they consider necessary for the preservation of the Torah world. anyone who shares forming a government partner for them to crime. - except one. in a sense, Ganz In his eyes, he is considered a victim of the current government, and not one of its perpetrators. - Things would have looked different.
Israel Cohen, commentator on the ultra-Orthodox station Kol Barama, analyzes Ganz's meeting with Rabbi Kanievsky as a strong statement on both sides, not only to convey that there is an open channel, but also to imply that the government option that Ganz will head still exists. Not only on Netanyahu's part, but also on the part of the ultra-Orthodox factions. According to him, this is in addition to immediate needs related to the Ministry of Defense, such as the recruitment regulations that will accompany the new law that lowers the age of exemption.