In honor of Netanyahu's visit to the United States, the left-wing organization Blue and White Future hired an American PR firm for $75,27. Akiva Bigman of the Mida website, who exposed this connection, published a short time earlier that the organization, whose goal is to promote the two-state solution, has raised NIS <> million in recent months to finance what has already been called the "protest," and everyone knows what that means. Blue and White Future was founded by billionaire Orni Petrushka, Adv. Gilad Sher and former ISA chief Ami Ayalon.
The tens of millions of shekels that have been poured into the "protest" mechanism only on behalf of Blue and White Future are not alone, and they are very necessary. Billboards cost money, as do newspaper ads, speech stages, buses, branded T-shirts, tents – all the bounty we've become accustomed to seeing every week. After all, the protesters themselves and their leaders belong, as they often boast, to the elite stratum of Israeli citizens. Successful businessmen and veterans of budgetary pension systems. These are not commoners, God forbid, but those who constantly remind us that without them we are half human, without them we are basically nothing.
There is a return for the many millions invested in the "protest." True, her strength stemmed not only from the invested campaign, certainly not from convincing her that she was right, but from the fist raised from the logo. This was triggered by the shutdown of the economy and Ben Gurion Airport, two doctors' strikes, and especially threats of refusal in the air force and elite units, as well as actual refusal in the 69th Squadron. Nor should we underestimate the constant nijos of the Kaplan Force and its branches, the admiring media backing and former reinforcements of the security establishments and two former prime ministers, who made sure to emphasize the danger of civil war in a way that sounded half terrible and half wishful thinking.
In the midst of all this, there were constant instances of meanness, such as persecution of elected officials and expertise in preventing them from speaking, and toxic and inflammatory rhetoric, steeped in uncompromising self-importance, which simulates marching with flags through the streets of a city to a daring guerrilla operation in the enemy's rear. And at the same time, despite the reduction of the reform to two and a half minor but very necessary amendments - an inability or desire to stop, to compromise, to calm down. Nothing. The "protest" is an independent entity rich, hungry, bad-tempered, self-drunk and boundless.
And all the noise and internal damage was not enough for the "protest." It felt the need to export itself abroad, to beg the gentiles to save us from reasonableness and a change in the composition of the judicial selection committee, and at the height of its ugliness it launched a deliberate move to harm the prime minister's visit to the United States in order to teach the world that it is not worthwhile to do business with Israel, listen to warnings about Iran, or promote a regional alliance and normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia.
On the walls of Alcatraz prison, a picture of Netanyahu was projected behind bars in a prisoner's uniform, on the UN building - "Don't believe Cryme Minister Netanyahu." A truck drives through the streets of New York with Netanyahu on its sides at the UN plenum, his nose lengthening like a monstrous Pinocchio to make it clear that the Israeli prime minister does not deserve attention in one of the world's anti-Israel institutions. Three members of Brothers in Arms sat across from a "60 Minutes" interviewer, and one of them, Shira Etting, a fighter pilot, spoke both about ending the occupation and about Israeli pilots deliberately bombing homes with children.
The struggle against loss cannot be shy away from means, and indeed it does not shy away. Even at the expense of Israel's struggle against Iranian aggression
And if that wasn't enough—and it certainly is—"Brothers in Arms" were also waiting for applause or kneeling before them. "When you attack Brothers in Arms, you attack the reserve soldiers of the State of Israel, you attack the IDF and you harm security," they tweeted after the performance did not arouse general admiration from all walks of life.
Like all members of the protest, Brothers in Arms are assured that everything they do is good and correct, and thank God the law enforcement system believes so. They emerged unharmed after the blocking of Kohelet's offices and the violent attack on the CEO, Meir Rubin, by Lt. Col. (res.) Ron Scharf. Scharf was arrested, but was released and continues to serve in the reserves as commander of the formation units for Sayeret Matkal. He also sat next to Etting on CBS and talked about values and the occupation. And they claim to represent the entire IDF reserve system. And how will criticism of them harm state security? Well, these are very sensitive people. They may have shouted "traitor" at Robin, but they are not allowed to say anything. And if they say, maybe they will try to expand the circle of refusal.
"Brothers in arms" tried to prevent Minister Yariv Levin from leaving his home before the High Court hearing on reducing the grounds of reasonableness. Six of them were arrested, released within a short time, and we also sampled a victory pose. But if they fail to defeat Israel's elected officials at home, they will try to win abroad and thwart the prime minister's visit wherever he goes. They are from the "check". And the "protest" must be in constant motion, must eat all the time, attack all the time. It is a force of nature - a Kaplan force. She has a uniform, she has an army, she has the media, she has money. It is a country in the making. Although without elections and without democracy, it nevertheless fights for its sovereignty against the mob.
How does all this relate to reform? Unrelated. It is always Netanyahu and always the opposition to undesirable results of the democratic apparatus, i.e., losing elections. And the struggle against loss cannot shy away from means, and indeed it does not shy away. Not even by undermining Israel's status, even at the expense of Israel's struggle against Iranian aggression. In order to entrench its absolute sovereignty in the State of Israel, the "protest" is prepared to harm it internationally, to appeal to members of the Senate Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and warn its members against Netanyahu, and to accuse the IDF of deliberate war crimes along the way.
And since this is an alternative government, and since the "protest" will not calm down unless it comes to power, the only way to deal with it is not to bring this day closer by the premature fall of the government. The current Netanyahu government suffers from many problems, but they are nothing compared to the alternative.
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