Our soccer kings, the "right", after the elections, are standing in the square in front of an empty goal.
As in Avner Carmeli's children's book called "Kings of Soccer", here - instead of kicking with power and speed into the open net, you look and don't believe.
This "right" is kneeling on the white spot, and the details can be left to reporters and commentators in Qatar.
This is a great disappointment to the voters, to the public, who first expected the right-wing parties to quickly establish a functioning government to replace the government that fell almost four months ago and was defeated in the elections.
Yesterday, the body that calls itself "Religious Zionism" announced that "we are doing everything possible to establish as soon as possible a Jewish national government that will realize the values of the right."
This is of course the last thing Smotrich and his men do.
Smotrich makes a benet.
The same Bennett supporters in the media until recently cheered for Smotrich, because the atmosphere in religious Zionism is one of contempt for the winner Benjamin Netanyahu and disdain for his Likud party.
A media group of cap-wearers is enjoying the situation and inventing vain interpretations as to why Netanyahu is opposed to Smotrich being Minister of Defense or Minister of Finance.
They supported Naftali Bennett when it was clear that he was roped in to be the Biden administration's mouthpiece on the most important security and strategic issues.
But now that Smotrich is heating up on the lines, they blame Netanyahu, that he gave in to the pressure of the Americans who do not want Smotrich in security.
Smotrich despised Netanyahu's victory and belittles his Likud party, Netanyahu and Smotrich, photo: Gideon Markovitch, Noam Moskovitz and Oren Ben Hakon
The values of the "right" are first of all a national, state approach, a demonstration of a governing culture and respect for the rule of law.
The rule of law and governance, these were one of the main motivations for the transformations with which the "right" parties were leveraged to victory.
It is too early to say - that they came to power, because if the values of the right are gender separation and consultations with the rabbinate on every "Jewish" issue, then the government is very far away.
Smotrich at this stage is leading to the decline of the possibility of forming a government.
Maybe he drags to the sixth round.
His behavior is reminiscent of what he did on the eve of the elections when he opposed the connection between him and Ben Gabir, thus risking the failure of the right in the elections.
As a candidate for Minister of Finance, Smotrich can rely on Lapid's precedent.
In 2013 Lapid received the Ministry of Finance with 12 chairs.
But then the Likud was weakened as a result of a major failure in the elections following the connection with Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu.
The Likud now came out strengthened with 32 seats and Netanyahu is the one who led to victory.
But this is not enough to give him authority in the eyes of Smotrich.
If so, what does the granting of the mandate by the president mean to form the government?
Although President Herzog is not the king or queen of England, his appointment is nevertheless a governmental authority granted on behalf of the symbol of the country's sovereignty.
The excess responsibility for national security and as a derivative of that - for the economy, rests with the prime minister.
And the candidate Netanyahu does not think that he will be able to bear this responsibility if Smotrich holds one of these two senior positions.
Budgets and "values" and housing units can be squeezed.
But it is impossible to extort positions over which Ben-Gurion's slogan is emblazoned: "Every Hebrew mother who entrusted the fate of her sons to commanders who deserve it will know."
This verse has the same weight as the ruling of the black flag that hangs over an obviously illegal order, as it was worded in the Kfar Qasim ruling.
Therefore, it is incumbent upon religious Zionism to concentrate on demonstrating excellence and governance in the fast way to establishing a government and not on undermining the foundations of the future government even before it is established. In front of the empty goal and no scorers: a letter of reprimand
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