Right-wing elements in government are beginning to internalize the realities they have encountered, realizing that fighting for the principles on which they were elected will force them to face an almost hopeless war of attrition.
The flow of initiatives against the right, against Jewish tradition and in favor of extreme progressive values, is only increasing every week, when in most cases the right and new hope prefer to simply give up in the first place, rather than enter into unresolved struggles.
This is how the Electricity Law passed this week. The only one who voiced opposition was Ayelet Shaked, but the difference between the proposal she demanded and the demands of RAAM was so minor and insignificant that even the joint list, which is in opposition, supported a law that ultimately benefited Arab construction criminals, the benefit it achieved until the government was formed Instead of insisting on the microscopic change it introduced, Ayelet Shaked could demand that in exchange for passing the law, it would also apply to the settlements of Judea and Samaria, and especially to the young settlement whose electricity infrastructure is shaky and unstable. Whose case they undertook to settle, as part of the plethora of promises that were broken on the way to the formation of the current government.
But Shaked preferred a war in which she could win.
Even if it is esoteric.
And the people of the young settlement, which was mostly established by the state and on state land, will continue to suffer from power outages, outages and shortages that will continue this winter as well, even 20 years after they ascended to the land.
This is while 70,000 Arab lawbreakers will soon be able to dial 103, and enjoy a stable and continuous supply of electricity in the wild and illegal construction they have erected in recent decades unhindered.
Forced backup
The Corona Cabinet, which convened this week for the first time in a long time, following the rise in the infection rate and the rise in major morbidity in Europe - decided not to decide anything, thus giving a reminder of the entire purpose of the current government.
A government that finds it difficult to make decisions, and is blackmailed by extremist parties involved in it.
The wave of media sympathy that accompanied the formation of the government has faded a bit, and the bitter truth about the extent of its true ability to influence the lives of the residents is beginning to be revealed.
With the start of the new wave of vaccines, the children's vaccines, it became clear that the fact that the prime minister has no public, and that he has only six seats behind him and even less in the polls, could have serious and far-reaching consequences. Despite the strict green mark and the great restrictions on those who do not carry such, the number of citizens who received the third vaccine, the booster, was slightly lower than a million than the first two vaccines. Bennett called, pleaded, begged - but more than a million who received the first and second vaccines remained at home.
The prime minister's 9-year-old son was drafted into the current campaign, and showed up with his father for vaccination on the first day of the pediatric vaccination campaign. It is still unclear what the effect of this picture will be, Patients in campaigns, but when the Ministry of Health evades Lankov with clear goals regarding the number of vaccinated - Bennett can only pray that the public will express some confidence and cooperate. the children".
This is probably the case when in the polls, even after almost five months in office, the Prime Minister is unable to pass the single-digit threshold on the question of eligibility for prime minister. The most deserving of the job, so why is it any wonder that his response rates are so low?
The Corona Cabinet hearing gave a glimpse into another matter. On the battles unfolding within the government, which is beginning to lose the glue between its parts. It started when during a discussion, news began to appear in the digital media that within the current meeting, ministers were attacking Education Minister Dr. Yifat Shasha Bitton. Things came a few days after another leak, this time from a cabinet meeting, about loud shouts between ministers. Health Nitzan Horowitz and Shasha Bitton, when the former slammed Sarah for opposing any proposal, but unlike the cabinet meeting earlier this week, this time, at the cabinet meeting, no confrontation broke out between Shasha Bitton and any minister. , Probably with the intention of liquidating accounts.
The incident caused an uproar.
Shasha Bitton, who was updated on the publications, interrupted the meeting and demanded that the Prime Minister clarify that nothing of what was published happened during the hearing.
Bennett was forced to do so, and asked the ministers to remain calm.
But even here, when Bennett asks for something, in reality - the opposite happens.
And the spirits within the government are only getting hotter.
till the end.
Netanyahu supporters,
Rise according to Halacha
Opposition leaders did not imagine that what might soon lead to a real rift in the coalition of the Likud, religious Zionism and the ultra-Orthodox factions would be a historic bill that caused a 20-year storm, from 1970 to the early 1990s, to be developed again now - 30 years later.
This is an amendment to the Law of Return that Itamar Ben Gvir seeks to pass, which will stipulate that the existing definition - that a Jew entitled to immigrate to Israel according to the law is someone whose mother is Jewish and who has been converted - adds the word "correctly", so that a reformed convert, , Will not be included in the definition of eligibility for immigration. The necessary correction is historic, but the urgency of its promotion is completely topical. Only recently was a frightening figure published, that about 100,000 mixed couples live in the State of Israel, and that the extent of assimilation in immigration was unparalleled in the country.
Ben Gvir was convinced that after forming the opposition, he would be able to turn to the right and to a new hope. To his surprise, while in religious Zionism and the ultra-Orthodox parties were quick to agree and sign the law, things did not go smoothly in the Likud. Some members of the party's Knesset, which sees itself as a representative of the traditionalists, objected, saying that the addition of the word "correctly" could harm non-Orthodox sects. After a discussion in the faction, the Likud decided to allow freedom of vote in the matter. However, they probably did not estimate that by doing so, they buried seeds in the ground that could lead to a real explosion. Ben Gvir was furious, announcing that if the Likud did not align itself completely, he too would stop cooperating with the opposition.
We too, Ben Gvir clarified to them, have laws that are not exactly our cup of tea, such as the establishment of a hospital in Sakhnin. But for the unity of the opposition we vote in favor, so as not to crumble the ranks and the important alliance. But it will not be one-sided. This law is in the bird of our souls. And it is not possible for the Likud, because of such and other liberal considerations, to decide that they give freedom of vote.
A similar message was conveyed to Yariv Levin, also from the heads of the ultra-Orthodox factions: The Likud's freedom of vote on this issue is not entirely acceptable to them. As a compromise, Levin suggested that Ben Gvir come to the Likud faction and explain to the Knesset members the necessity of the law. The unusual event, in which Ben Gvir will speak before the leader of the opposition and members of his faction, will take place after Hanukkah. Ben Gvir will raise two people for the purpose, whose words he will present during his lecture: The first is Menachem Begin, who enthusiastically and unreservedly supported the amendment. The other is the Rebbe of Lubavitch, who for 20 years fought for the amendment, from which at the time the ultra-Orthodox factions were reluctant. Today, when the danger he was talking about then seems tangible and threatening to them, they are of course unreservedly supportive.
"We saw the Likud members, from the opposition leader to former senior ministers and Knesset members, fill the stage this week in Kfar Chabad, at the Hasidic redemption events," says Ben Gvir. For their part, not to sweepingly support a law that the Rebbe tried so hard to promote, and cried out from the blood of his heart that it should be amended. "
The Last Warriors
Since the Balfour protests began, a small group of Likud activists has decided to stop being silent.
It began with spontaneous organizing, continued with the establishment of a permanent encampment in front of left-wing demonstrators in Balfour, and it continues to this day - in demonstrations in front of members of the new government, in the tomb of Shimon the Righteous, in the Knesset and wherever ministers and senior officials can be found.
They love Netanyahu and oppose the new government, especially its cooperation with members of the RAAM, whom they call "supporters of terrorism," but contrary to what senior right-wing figures think, who receive calls and humiliations, sometimes in front of their private homes, they do not receive funding from the Likud. according rows Likud Some people like to call them "suicide Bomber unit of Netanyahu '- have no connection to it.
the names of the leaders of the group - Jeremy Ben-Yehuda, Itzik Zarqa, Orly heart, Ronit Levy and Guy Levy - immigrants occasionally hit the headlines after a violent incident was linked to the activities , Although most of the violence is directed against them, and not the other way around. I saw horrible things in these demonstrations. I was there for ten months, every day all day. I saw everything. The hatred in their eyes. "
Since the formation of the government, members of the "suicide unit" have done almost nothing but demonstrations in front of anyone connected with the government.
"I came to an address where I was told that Avir Kara lived in the new Givon, and then his father came out and shouted: 'I am armed, I will shoot you!'", Says Ben Yehuda.
"When we got there, fifty residents of the settlement were with us who demonstrated with us against him."
He said the incident with Kara's father was not the only time they were threatened, and more than once they were also attacked.
"We were in the Knesset, and when Gideon Saar saw me he started shouting at me, and even filed a complaint against me with the Knesset officer. This week I was at a hearing with the Knesset officer, and it turns out that Saar lied to him and claimed I called him a traitor. I immediately told him: you have cameras. On whom".
To deal with the cases of violence, the group is assisted by the services of Adv. Daniel Cohen, the former spokesman for the Labor Party, and in recent years has supported Netanyahu.
Ben Yehuda and his friends were also outside Ayelet Shaked's house and outside Nir Orbach's house.
"When the leftists get a straight scratch, there are shouts and shouts, but when we are injured - nothing happens. I tore the strip in my hand at a demonstration in Shimon Hatzadik, and I have surgery this week. A well-known right-wing activist attacked Itzik Zarka's wife and broke her arm."
Zarqa's picture, alone with the speakers this week in front of the court, symbolizes the disappointment of the masses not coming to the protests.
The gap between the "millions" who will take to the streets to support Netanyahu after an indictment is filed against him, and his picture, alone in the campaign, speaks for itself.
"We do ours out of dedication, and with our and our friends' money," Ben Yehuda emphasizes.
"When we set up the encampment in Balfour, we did mass mobilization. Since then we have not mobilized, and no one is financing us. Everyone brings something. I have taken 50,000 shekels out of my pockets since the election. The Likud does not help us financially, and says they have no budget for that."
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