Very few high-certainty events have taken place recently.
The murderous attack on Ali, the Druze riots in the north, the elimination of the IDF from the air (including an apologetic clarification, of course) - all these and more landed on the public in a way that is still considered a surprise. What was not surprising? The traffic jams in Ayalon, violent song interruptions by Hadar Marx in Galgalatz, and of course – reports of Netanyahu's capitulation (sorry, "rejection") in front of another changing public (this time the Druze in the Golan), which threatened to burn down the club and hermetically blocked the roads of an entire region.
You know, sunrises and sunsets.
A summary of things for those who no longer have the energy to follow the details - and there are more and more of them: Energix promised to pay a lot (a lot) of money to place wind turbines in Druze orchards in the Golan. The Druze, of course, happily and eagerly rushed to sign a contract that tripled their profits, and everything almost fell into place. But now the Druze representatives oppose the "aggressive, bullying and unilateral move" they signed, and they are angry. And to make clear that their anger was far from polite, they launched violent riots that included almost hermetically blocking northern roads and later direct attacks on stunned police, reportedly including live ammunition. By the way, along the way we got another glimpse of the general rehearsal of what is going to happen here on the day war breaks out with Hezbollah - but another vision for the future.
Druze throw Molotov cocktails and stones during a protest in the Golan // Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson's Office
Let's set aside the fact that the Druze are a completely protected flower, plus the media ignorance (again) of treating them as a single entity, instead of a natural division like any other sector. Let's also assume the fact that they could have simply waved Israeli flags and moved their demonstrations toward the center shouting "d-mo-carte-ya," and received a hug and even funding from the right people instead of a suspicious response. Not this time: this time we will address the fact that there is not even a "delicate story" and "details that only people in the field will understand." No – the head of the Daliyat al-Carmel council explained that the turbines are cause for celebration, and that what really bothers them is the Kaminitz Law.
In short, what bothers the Druze in the Golan are the immature signs of governance that limit the possibility of wild construction without any permits and restrictions, knowing that they will come later at best, or simply will not be enforced in the usual and permanent case.
Netanyahu with Sheikh Tarif, Photo: Haim Tzach/GPO
At one point, it was leaked to various reporters that the sun would rise as usual, and that Netanyahu was "considering postponing" the installation of the turbines "in order to examine the issue and establish a committee." As of this writing, Minister Ben-Gvir is still trying to flex his muscles and oppose this final surrender. Like all of us, he already knows that the "commission of inquiry to examine the issue" that Netanyahu establishes in the first act will always double itself in the sixth and seventh campaigns forever, and that surrendering to violence at the moment only postpones the problems to another time, and again and again.
It is worth following the struggle in the north, in which one side openly declares that it bothers it that suddenly the law is enforced against it, and the other side tries for the first time to make some noises of muscle and enforce it, until the order comes to stop everything and reject the agreement, "because a committee has been established." Governance? You made us laugh.
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