There is a disturbing resemblance between the panic in dealing with the violence in Arab society and that in dealing with the corona.
On ordinary days, beautiful statements are made about democracy and human rights, but when things stand the test - they lose.
This was the case in the past, when there was excessive fear of opposition to the disengagement plan, the law enforcement system - from the police, through the prosecutor's office to the judges, with the help of Knesset legislation - changed the rules of the democratic game and trampled on civil rights: prevented opponents from demonstrating To detention, and did not suffer from childhood detention and administrative detention.
Violence in Arab society is not new.
It has been growing in recent years.
The police chose not to allocate the necessary resources, which they preferred to invest in "flagships", such as huge budgets for the Blade 433 unit to deal with what they called "government corruption" and Netanyahu's files.
If five years ago the many millions invested in media portfolios, using the vague offense of "fraud and breach of trust", were transferred to effective policing in Arab localities, Israel would not become a corrupt state (by international standards it is far from that), and Arab Israeli citizens would have the security .
Recently recalled trying to address Arab society, shootings began in all directions, trampling on democracy and civil rights: they sought to operate the GSS, make administrative arrests and enact excessive powers for the police, such as searching homes without a warrant. Ministers compete for support by excessive means.
Similarly, the Corona outbreak erred in thinking that the confrontation warranted a waiver of civil rights.
Innocent civilians were sent to detention known as the "Corona Hotel", their exit from the house was restricted to a radius of 100 meters, prevented from working, all using criminal law to enforce the decrees.
This is an extreme measure in the relationship between the state and its citizens, and in accordance with the social convention the citizens agreed only to impose prohibitions that are justifiably rewarding and utilitarian, and not to achieve compliance with any demand of the government.
To illustrate how excessive the use of criminal law is, readers will answer (for themselves only! In Israeli law, for some reason, a confession is sufficient) for the question: Did it not happen that we violated the ban on being more than 100 meters from home?
The "government of change" is breaking records. Once again, the GSS's extreme means of locating intimacy between the Corona nationals and others are being used, despite the fact that it is known to be ineffective. Its use is a disregard for civilian privacy. And against a few. A perusal of the history books shows that this is how the worst of the decrees began, and later became permanent and were used against many.
Recently, a new record has been set for panic, totalitarianism and the trampling of rights - the terrible proposal to define the avoidance of immunization as a criminal offense. Proper Disclosure: I was vaccinated with three doses of the vaccine; And I will fight for the right of citizens not to be vaccinated. Some are afraid of side effects and we must respect them. In the philosophical literature the test case of the refuser of blood donation is known: on a lonely island there is a patient who is in dire need of a dose of blood. Only one person has the same blood type, but he refuses to donate. Is it justified to attack him, stab him and forcibly take a dose of blood from him? The accepted answer is no. You can only try to convince him. This is a worthy illustration of the importance of a person's autonomy over his body. Now they want to trample her too.
To train the hearts to force vaccines, we are told that in Austria we are going in that direction and in Germany the Chancellor is in favor.
Not everything is desirable to learn from these countries.
As you may recall, they bear a heavy responsibility for the horrors of the Holocaust period.
I propose to see the proposals to activate the GSS and force vaccines a test for liberalism: those who support the proposals will reconsider; and the politicians among them will consider changing the platform of their parties. Meretz have we already said?
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