by Dr. Haim Shine
The incorrigible subversives are focusing their efforts on creating a rift within the Likud.
The Israeli Left, mired
in the throes of its desperation and despondency, has turned its
representatives in the media from pundits into agitators. As far as
they're concerned, the truth is meaningless, integrity is passe and
basic journalistic principles can be trampled across every news page and
broadcast. Their primary objective: Topple the right-wing government
that won the public's trust in democratic elections. According to the
modus operandi of these "knights of democracy," there is value in
democracy only if it serves them.
During the weeklong
Passover holiday, I traveled in northern Israel, Jerusalem and the
Hebron area. I met a great number of happy Israelis enjoying their time
off. The Nature and Parks Authority reported an unprecedented number of
visitors to the country's nature reserves. Hundreds of thousands of
Israelis vacationed abroad, and Ben-Gurion International Airport looked
like a giant conveyer belt working ceaselessly. The Israeli masses
weren't buying the daily doses of depression being sold to them by the
media.
For lack of options and
as a last ditch effort, leftist pundits began creating crises and
stirring discord. Any political topic instantly became a crisis, in the
hope that it would eventually turn into one.
It is hard to imagine a
unity government with the entire Zionist Union faction, a disjointed
and dispersed camp with tycoon socialists, neo-communists and
Palestinian supporters as members. Some are now trying to present the
lack of such a virtual unity government as a disaster and a breakdown.
By discussing the
possibility of forming a unity government, some of the more clever
political commentators are trying to foment disharmony between the Likud
and Habayit Hayehudi -- implying that Habayit Hayehudi should be the
one to pay the price of this unity. It is a baseless theory founded in a
desire to cause tumult. The issue of the biennial national budget has
also become a flashpoint for trying to force a wedge between Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister and Kulanu leader Moshe
Kahlon; a useless and artificial attempt to be sure, because Kahlon
signed off on this budget when he agreed to enter the coalition.
The incorrigible
subversives are focusing their efforts on creating a rift within the
Likud. They report that there are those in the Likud who support the
proposal to limit the prime minister's tenure. It is a patently
undemocratic proposal that infringes on the fundamental right of Israeli
citizens to elect the person they want to lead them.
My advice to all these pundits
from the Left: Enter politics. Stop hiding behind masks of feigned
innocence. The citizens of Israel have already learned your methods and
are aware of your goals.
Dr. Haim Shine
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=15973
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