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Opinion | Political failure precedes security Israel today

2022-04-02T21:55:05.334Z


It seems that the political rationale is to let someone else take care of our security. A crime that has degenerated into terrorism, ISIS representatives in Israel, unnamed terrorism and address - many reasons have been raised in the face of the current wave of terrorist attacks, only the term "Palestinian terrorism" has disappeared. When the government does not want to back down from its promises to Abu Mazen, the King of Jordan and even Blink, all terminology, statistics and propag


A crime that has degenerated into terrorism, ISIS representatives in Israel, unnamed terrorism and address - many reasons have been raised in the face of the current wave of terrorist attacks, only the term "Palestinian terrorism" has disappeared.

When the government does not want to back down from its promises to Abu Mazen, the King of Jordan and even Blink, all terminology, statistics and propaganda must be used - so that it is possible to disconnect between what is happening from a security point of view and the wider political story.

Just as for more than a decade Netanyahu's rule was the quietest in terms of security, so too the most difficult periods, in terms of Palestinian terrorism, were against the background of political weakness.

We saw this in the terrible days of Oslo and in the reign of Ehud Barak, which culminated in the 2000 intifada.

But as the best Bennett spokesmen in the media bothered to explain that terrorism is not related to the political situation, but has always been here, and that the current wave is just a "new breed of Corona" (inevitable and uncontrollable) - reality rebelled against the thesis.

The past week, in particular, has once again clarified the affinity between the political arena and the security arena.

When Blinkan went to the top of the Negev, the US State Department issued two spokespersons that day.

One about his visit to Israel, and a reminder of the important alliance with it.

The second, which was not discussed in the media, towards the Palestinians.

Blinkan not only reiterated his commitment to the two-state idea, but also announced that the United States would transfer half a billion dollars to Palestinian organizations. His).

This promo merged with the political failure of the summit: the paradigm of the Abrahamic agreements was reversed, and the Palestinian conflict returned to the center of the discourse.

And just like the wrong Oslo concept - even now, it seems that the political rationale is to let someone else take care of our security.

So they brought the Arafat gangs and gave them weapons to "keep the peace," and today we expect Abbas, the King of Jordan and the Biden administration to protect us.

In return, government representatives promise financial loans to the Palestinian Authority (when it is known that Abu Mazen finances the terrorists' families more vigorously, and especially rewards the Israeli citizens among them).

On the other hand, the pilgrimage to the King of Jordan continues, and also includes the promise of far-reaching relief for Ramadan (such as not limiting the age of worshipers) and the addition of Waqf guards on the Temple Mount.

The same waqf, which last week turned out to be involved in the operation of the Hamas organization in Jerusalem.

And finally, the silence in the face of Blinken's call to prevent violence "on both sides," in the days of Ramadan and Passover.

Bennett tried to hide this tragic political reality in briefings for the weekend newspapers.

On the one hand, it reads: "47 people were killed in the knife intifada in Netanyahu's days," without explaining that the figure (unfortunate and painful) was spread over 16 months;

And yes, they did not say that in all the years of Netanyahu's rule, since 2009, there were 134 victims of terrorism.

Unfortunate comparison, no doubt.

But the truth must be told.

On the other hand, journalists were called to reprimand the weak public for not "containing" the events.

Either way, between the false briefings or the demand for indifference - their purpose is to detach the security reality from the political one.

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Source: israelhayom

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