When Ariel Sharon ran for the position of Prime Minister for the first time, Raya Harnik, the mother of Goni who fell in the Battle of Beaufort (1982), accompanied the election broadcaster on Channel One, and did her best to clarify the disaster that, in her opinion, would occur if he was elected.
Harnik - the leader of the protest against the 1933 war, dedicated her life to denying the public legitimacy of Sharon's leadership. At every intersection where his character was discussed - she was interviewed and reminded the audience that she was an illegitimate leader.
When Rafi Peretz was appointed the chief military rabbi, a stage was given to the mothers of the "cable disaster" (1992): during the training of unit 669 in the Judean desert, the cable to which two fighters were tied was torn.
Peretz, then the commander of the helicopter, was prosecuted and reprimanded.
The investigative committee headed by Judge Winograd found him responsible for the incident.
The mothers of the spaces made it clear that in their opinion it is a disgrace to be appointed to the representative position.
When Benny Gantz entered politics, the colleagues and relatives of Midhat Yosef, who was left to die in Yosef's grave (2000), reminded the public that this was the man who served at the time of the incident as commander of the IOS division and betrayed Midhat as well as the values of the IDF.
The relatives of all the spaces would not gain prominence if it were not for the media.
The public appearances are not always successful (Gal Hirsch's appointment was cancelled, the activity to withdraw from Lebanon was also successful - under pressure from bereaved families).
The stage for the space families generates empathy, and this makes the claim for missile liability concrete.
My research follows the presence of the families of the victims of the disasters in the studios: they express positions not only in the context of their individual disaster but around ethical issues: decision-making, leadership, human life and accepting responsibility.
What's going on here now?
The Miron disaster left dozens of families bereaved, and we are in the midst of an election campaign.
The leading candidate for Prime Minister responds to what is happening in Helena about back pain.
Where are the families of Miron wounded with the signs "What about the back pain of our sons in the rehabilitation department?", which will be covered by protesters in front of their residence in Caesarea?
In a normal situation, would the media have allowed the coverage to pass without the families of the victims "tearing Netanyahu to pieces" in the studios?
Does it make sense that we don't know the space relatives at all?
This cannot be excused by saying "this is not the culture of the ultra-Orthodox".
If only "the media" (forgive me for the generalization) wanted to - we would be aware of the suffering, the loss and the pain of the families.
There is not only an empathic failure here, but also a political failure: we are in an era that I will call the "victim discourse", and in the absence of the families from the studios - not only will there be no empathy for their suffering, this will not translate into a collective claim to accept responsibility from the faithful for their situation.
45 men and children were killed in one evening, and the "leader of the event" makes it clear that the responsibility lies with legal advisers and lower ranks.
Think how much the earth would tremble if it were warriors;
The Hebrew mothers of each of them were already a part of our lives, turning us all into a mass protest movement, and the "Meron gang" was already counting down Kitza.
Not because of hedonism, but because of the only thing for which a leader should be removed: because of contempt for human life, and a culture of Pertach that shed free blood.
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