"The people who make the news could sit on Rothschild Boulevard, from the same socio-economic background, with a social perception. It is rare to find right-wingers in the system," Nir Hefetz said this week during his testimony to Netanyahu's lawyers.
You do not have to go far to confirm things.
A quick glance at the events of the week alone is enough to understand the chasm between those "news makers" and a large and broad public, who often think differently.
For example in the case of an object itself. Earlier this week, the state witness revealed that the person who persuaded Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, to leave the magnetometers at the entrance to the Temple Mount was his son Yair. Remove immediately.When a senior official, especially one who was around Netanyahu, states that at some point in time he discovered that he was unfit to serve as prime minister - this immediately makes headlines, and indeed it did so with Hefetz's statement.
Commentators were quick to announce that Adv. Ben Tzur, Netanyahu's attorney, had scored his own goal for his client, and everyone was quick to mention that incident, placing the magnetometers on the Temple Mount, clearly stating that the person behind the decision to keep them was Ben Yair, after his father adopted his position. And not the position of the chief of staff and the commissioner.
The truth, of course, is more complex. The prosecution, they forgot to mention in the studios. Perhaps even the opposite, this statement provides the defense with another reason why Hefetz wanted to end Netanyahu's term, which may have pushed him to testify against him.
The content of Hefetz's remarks is also trending and unequivocally reviewed. First as accepting his words as enlightened and innocent. Hefetz said that Netanyahu made the decision because of his son - that is, it is certainly true. It is interesting that when Hefetz was Netanyahu's spokesman, those journalists did not treat his remarks as pure truth.
And second, the description of reality itself, as seen by one side of the political map. A reality of a great catastrophe that was almost caused because Israel did not surrender in time to the demands of the Arabs. A reality in which the Temple Mount is the most explosive place in the world, and therefore must be folded and bowed to every demand and whim of the Jordanian Waqf that rules it.
"Who needs all this Vatican?" Moshe Dayan asked a moment after the Six Day War, and there are those for whom this question still resonates in their heads and disturbs their peace.
Many of them are microphone holders and pen pullers nowadays.
A reality in which the chief of staff and the commissioner are raised to a miracle only when they offer to fold, and Netanyahu will radiate an extreme fanatic who says what many others believe - that Israeli submission and obedience do not lower the fire, but increase it in the long run.
An opinion that can hardly be heard following the screening of "news makers."
This is also the reason why the "news makers" chose to accept the seemingly outrageous assessment of elements in the defense establishment, that we are not in the midst of a wave of terrorism, and that this is "personal terrorism."
It is unbelievable that there are elements in the defense establishment who think so.
It is unbelievable that there are journalists who have agreed to broadcast this thing on a major channel.
And without a word of criticism.
On Tuesday, against the background of what was predicted to be the collapse of the bribery charge in the 4000 case, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit chose to say a few words to News 12. Harsh and harsh words against Netanyahu. not be dismissed. Mandelblitt, modest man, not taking his credit topple Netanyahu and the fact that it is currently not the prime minister, but Hasdei sky ", as they are the ones who filed the indictment and put the country dizziness brought the current government.
interesting about the same time In which Mandelblit said the things, Hefetz said, regardless, in court that it was clear to him from the outset that the 4000 case was tailor-made. I'm petty, I'm just a witness, but my thought is thirty positive coverage in the formula of this bribe on the verge of delusion. "
Even more interesting is that almost none of the "news makers" thought to involve the things.
Mandelblit died, according to his own testimony, to overthrow Netanyahu, and Hefetz's determination that the 4000 case, the only one in which Netanyahu is accused of bribery, is a delusional case.
It was probably more urgent to find out why Mandelblit did not declare Netanyahu incapacitated at an earlier stage and to overthrow him as soon as the indictment was filed.
Was there a demonstration?
During the Balfour protests, and even earlier in the 2011 "social protest" demonstrations, a lot of money and resources were naturally invested, but at least one budget item was saved from them: the advertising budget.
This is because the major media outlets volunteered to tell Klal Israel about the place and times of the demonstrations every evening, in live broadcasts and open studios, for long hours.
Even after the Balfour protests began to die down, and the number of participants reached limited classes, the main channels continued the practice of transmitting the voices and sights live.
On Tuesday, a large demonstration by the right took place in Habima Square. The former prime minister, who is also the most popular politician in Israel, called for a demonstration. Other party leaders did the same. A number of politicians, rabbis and public leaders spoke at the demonstration itself. Many thousands came, only the media was not there. I mean there was, but hardly. On the main sites, those who harnessed their home page for live broadcasts from Balfour and Rothschild, there was not even a newsletter about the demonstration in real time.
This week, journalist Gidi Weitz from Haaretz was arrested in Tel Aviv.
A journalist from the right newspaper and the right side.
The magnitude of the outcry and blatant attacks on the police from all over the "news makers" on channels and networks cannot be described.
The same police that when someone from the right, like Netanyahu for example, attacks them - he is immediately painted by them in the colors of destroying democracy and destroying the rule of law.
The same police officer who abused Nir Hefetz for long days, physically and mentally, without showing minimal interest in his testimony and reluctantly reporting only what they owed.
And suddenly, with the arrest of the journalist - an act that is indeed worth examining - symposia about police violence, false arrests, began to open, and some even called for the dismissal of the commissioner, no less. The same commissioner who said Jews in the cities involved are "conflicts" - they were silent.
Jerusalem is out of the traffic jam
300,000 new vehicles have hit the road in the past year. The traffic jams are evident in every corner. On the main intercity roads, drivers got used to adding at least half an hour to the time they were used to driving, and even more at certain hours. Even within the big cities the situation is catastrophic. But unlike Tel Aviv, where the rescue of the traffic jam seems distant and unrealistic, when the start date of the city train ride is not yet known, and hope hangs in the hallucinatory congestion tax that the government intends to impose on its citizens - Jerusalem will begin to breathe a sigh of relief very soon.
Already today 200,000 people travel daily on the red line of the light rail.
The same number for Israeli train passengers throughout the country.
The line, which will stretch from Neve Yaakov to Ein Kerem, is currently being extended.
In 2024, the Green Line will be launched, which will transport an additional 200,000 passengers, from Mount Scopus, through government offices and the Givat Ram campus, to the Gilo neighborhood.
This is in addition to the new entrance road to Jerusalem, Road 16, which will lead from Beit Zayit to the Shaare Zedek area and the southern neighborhoods like Malcha and Gila, while bypassing the busy Sakharov Gardens interchange, which will be open to traffic in the coming months.
The train is not the only good news in the field of public transport.
The municipality recently dismantled Egged's monopoly in the capital, adding two more new operators: Super-Boss and Blue Square.
The vision is that by 2024 every resident will have a train station within walking distance of their home.
The winner of the project is Mayor Moshe Leon.
His strategy is not only to think about current transportation needs, but future ones.
The municipality is currently building one million and 600,000 meters of new offices in high-tech towers and government offices, and traffic congestion in the city will intensify.
Leon has informed all relevant parties promoting the expansion of high-tech areas and the government that he will not proceed with this without finding transport solutions first.
He is not ready to repeat Tel Aviv's mistake.
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