In the video: former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the commission of inquiry into the Miron disaster/photo: PM
I remember very well the terrible morning of April 30, 2021. The darkness in my eyes when I opened the phone.
The message from the system: "Come".
The horrible pictures.
The numbers: 45 people killed.
45. 45. 45. On that day, our nightmares did not contain such large numbers, certainly not larger, like those of the revelry in Miron.
A devilish morning than that, we thought at the time, impossible.
The biggest non-security disaster in the country's history was not caused by a terrorist organization, but solely because of us.
Turning a blind eye and shifting responsibility of the authorities at all levels - government, police, businessmen and others - prepared an infrastructure for a catastrophe.
45 people paid for it with their lives.
Even regardless of the disasters we've been through since then, it still hasn't been caught.
The crazy price of ignoring a problem until it blows up in your face.
Both before and after, those responsible are never responsible, or responsible but not guilty, as the Minister of Internal Security at the time and the current Speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana, said.
Two and a half years later, yesterday the final report of the investigative committee appointed to look into the disaster was published. Even during the period of war and while dealing with a disaster on a much larger scale, the headlines are difficult to digest. The punch hits the stomach already in the introduction. "Before we turn to the rest of the report, the simple and very unfortunate conclusion must be said already: the Miron disaster could and should have been prevented," it says. "The address Was on the wall long before the disaster happened.
It was written in white Kiddush letters, in a sharp and clear manner, but remained there without an answer."
on the verge of crying.
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Personal responsibility for the incident was imposed on more than 15 people, headed by Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, the Minister of Internal Security at the time, Ohana, and yes, also the Prime Minister then and now, Benjamin Netanyahu. The committee states that the former Prime Minister knew about the poor treatment and the dangers involved in this, or at the very least should have known, and did not do enough to change it. Since Netanyahu was an elected official, no sanction was imposed on him. He got off cheaply. The
most poignant words are general, and come in the summary of the report, and they seem to say everything about today's Israel "We found a bad culture inside our home... a bad culture of presenting things for appearances only, of ignoring repeated warnings, of complacency and mental fixation on significant matters concerning public safety and the preservation of human life.
A bad culture of the lack of governance and the rule of law and an action pattern of procrastination and avoiding decision-making.
A reality of conduct adversely affected by political interests and foreign considerations.
A bad culture of a 'small head', of minimizing responsibility and avoiding it," it says. "This bad culture led to the terrible disaster on Mount Meron." Read, hear, watch and cry.
It could have been just another terrible day in the whirlwind of the current affairs of the State of Israel - Another terrible day in an unbearable year. Sadness filled the studios, bereaved parents shared their pain, commentators mentioned that human lives were and are at stake. However, the ruling party, the one of Miron's days as well as the one of today, decided to demonstrate exactly what the evil culture that the committee was talking about is After a few words of politeness, the Likud members decided that they had learned nothing: the responsibility was passed on, in favor of the political tarnishing of the committee and its work. of Lapid, Shlomo Yanai, who received an offer from him for a place on the Yesh Atid list for the Knesset.
This is a completely distinct political defiance," said the disgraceful and cynical response. Even for veteran politicians it was too much.
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Harsh words.
Sharkey/screenshot, Keshet 12
True, since the days of "what is said is not said" there is no reason for us to be surprised by response messages coming out of Balfour.
It's true, engaging in a crazy reaction also falls into the real trap - let's talk about it and not about the report.
True, in a country where no one takes responsibility for anything, what can you expect.
But every prank has some kind of limit, and it is important to dwell on this crazy event: also from the point of view of Israeli politics, the thought that one can continue to throw mud and run away for a spin when the blood of 45 people is at stake is a particularly wretched moment.
The best proof came on the screen: even the political reporters, for the spinners, almost tore their hair out.
Even those who are used to this behavior expressed deep disgust, used harsh words and showed shocked looks.
You only have to look at the facial expressions: they can't do it anymore either.
"Really Ofer, this is a simply scandalous response," said Dafna Lial in today's edition of News 12, after she had to read the response, with the look of someone who does not believe that she needs to broadcast these words.
"Shame, Olav Olavim, it is simply indescribable that this is what the Prime Minister has to say about what the committee writes in his case," said Yair Sharki, in unusual words for a restrained political reporter.
At that time in Han 11, Michael Shemesh seemed like a man on the verge of tears.
"Let's go ahead and say, this is a low that the Likud has not descended to in a very long time. I think that even in the political system we have not seen such a cynical and such a shameful reaction for a long time," he began his words.
"If the Likud makes this matter political and so cynical, I think the ones who should rise up now are the representatives of the ultra-orthodox public. This announcement by the Likud, this attack by the Likud against an investigative committee designed to protect human life - shows contempt for human life," continued another so.
"I'm a political reporter, I've seen a lot of things, a lot of cynical messages, I want to tell you that this message is vile, it's a shame and disgrace," said Shemesh, whose anger was evident in every gesture.
"I think the Prime Minister's Office must correct it in the next few minutes and I want to believe that if it doesn't do it, there will be someone who will explain to Netanyahu that there is no way that this thing goes without a significant response."
Blessed is the believer.
A big embarrassment.
Lyal/screenshot, Keshet 12
The political media enjoys conflicts, and is used to the low level of Israeli discourse and cheap gimmicks.
She herself often enjoys all of these.
But yesterday something broke in her, because in the secret of her heart she still believed that when necessary - one can rise above the sakhi.
But it turns out not: in the midst of the most terrible period in the State of Israel in decades and probably never before, when many of us feel that such low behavior is no longer possible, the straw that breaks the camel's back comes.
Even today, amidst all this blackness, the leadership has nothing too sacred, no disaster too terrible, no red line to stop at to stop the escape from responsibility.
The committee's words about a bad culture are the understatement of the year when it comes to the Israeli government.
And when this token fell on the screen, the most basic and minimal trust was violated, and even the shocked reporters are already throwing up their hands and losing their composure, it's already completely clear: the train has derailed.
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