With or without a pacemaker, Netanyahu controls the flames. When he wanted, he passed the abolition of the reasonableness grounds and calmed the coalition; When he wanted, he stopped the legislation of two of the reform bills and did not allow them to be brought up for second and third readings, even though they had already been approved in February at the first reading; And yesterday, a few minutes after it was reported that the Torah Judaism faction had introduced the law to equate Torah study with military service, Netanyahu's office issued an unequivocal statement that the law is not on the agenda and will not be promoted.
The ultra-Orthodox will say that this was promised to them in the coalition agreements, and Netanyahu, who lacks the ability not to lie, will confirm to them that they can frame the promise and hang on the wall. Netanyahu actually told his coalition colleagues yesterday: The salad bar is closing.
The salad bar was closed. Haredim at the recruitment office, photo: Coco
This is a direct result of the victory of the protests. Netanyahu only appeared the other day to have surrendered to Levin and his band of shouters. At the right time and place it will return it to its appropriate, gray and natural size. Because, unlike them, Netanyahu understands the intensity of the protest. He, in contrast, received the raw data from the army on the growing numbers of officers and soldiers announcing the cessation of volunteering for the reserves. He reads the spirit of the protesters and understands that this spirit will be difficult to stop.
On the other hand, the passage of a reduction in the reasonableness cause caused a sense of despondency among a broad public, which was fighting for democracy this week as well. How to proceed - they wondered. It was Geula Cohen who, when asked where she drew her strength, used to answer: I don't have the strength to be tired and I don't have the luxury of being depressed.
After the cancellation of the reasonableness - crowds went out to demonstrate in the capital // Photo: Yoni Rikner
Those who protest against regime reform must not get tired. Don't let go. Continue demonstrating in Kaplan, holding protest vigils in front of ministers' homes. Just as they did to the ministers of the government of change until they were broken. Continue to exert pressure on the liberals in the Likud and present them with a mirror that they will be ashamed of. The protesters must understand that the determined and continuous action achieved unbelievable goals. Netanyahu is afraid. A leper in the enlightened world. Not invited to the White House. Credit rating agencies raised a black flag yesterday. Worst of all, the camp in front of him, whose biggest concern so far had been that he would be served coffee upside down with oat milk, woke up and roared; He took to the streets, his young people at his head, exemplary organized in dedicated WhatsApp groups, and announced that he would not let anyone harm his way of life.
The protesters must understand that the determined and continuous action achieved unbelievable goals. Netanyahu is afraid. A leper in the enlightened world. Not invited to the White House, photo: Mark Israel Salem
Moreover, those young people who have grown up serving a growing audience that doesn't contribute and only take are no longer willing to carry parasites on their backs who didn't realize they had gone too far. So it started with transferring high-tech money abroad, continued with refusing to volunteer for the reserves, and if there is no choice and the equation does not change, it will turn to a tax revolt. They simply won't transfer tax money for two or three months, and a government that thinks it can do whatever it wants won't have the money to fund its deranged policies. Netanyahu understands that.
And the opposition, which fails to unite around one leader like the other side that united around Netanyahu and all spoke with one voice, the voice of his master, should simply not interfere with the protest to return the country to sanity.
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