A Different View on Israel

Israel: A Superpower? Or a Racist Apartheid State?

The Iran war has been raging for more than a month already and the Israel population has been under the threat of missiles and rockets from day one, disrupting daily life, with millions running to protected space (if they have one close by) often several times  day (and night).

While the decisions regarding he war and its goals are controlled fully by the American president Donald Trump, the fact that he is so unpredictable is very much to the advantage of the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who believes the war should continue as long as possible,  and not because of not yet achieved war goals. The Prime Minister is only interested in his own survival and that of his government. And they have gone to great lengths to achieve that, including transferring (illegally) an additional 800 million shekels to the Haredim.

Netanyahu has been actively involved in this scheme as well as attempts to convince the Israeli people that their country is changing the Middle East and their position in the world by becoming a “World Power”.

And, unfortunately, a large segment of the population, having been blinded by the success of the IDF in the war, also is starting to look at Israel as a “World Power”, like the United States. And this, together with the ever increasing destruction of Israel as a democracy, will soon turn this country into where living will become impossible for people that still have a hope for a better future. And this does not even include the increasing control of the religious sector on daily life, which is led by the Haredi political parties, who, in addition to extracting as much money as they possibly can, are interested in making Israel a “Haredi” state.

It is clear that significant changes will have to be made to save and rebuild the remnants of the free and equal society that Israel was once proud of, and the coming elections  will be the last point of hope.

Netanyahu is making every effort to postpone these elections as long as possible (the distorted and shameful budget was passed at the last moment) and this will enable him to complete his term, and by the way, to benefit as much as possible from the war.

In addition, this will allow his cronies to move forward as much as possible with the continued destruction of the judicial system, which will soon turn the whole judiciary into a superfluous bureaucracy.

As a result, more and more people are leaving Israel to greener shores, with large number of well-educated professionals among them including physicians and hi-Tec personnel. Israel already has the lowest number of doctors in the OECD and this will only get worse. But of course, Haredim believe that sickness and death is “Gods Will”, so needs doctors?

Our last resort to prevent the destruction of Israel as we know it is a different type of government, one that will restore values and return to serving the people instead of their own interests and those that have the power to control them.

That is where the real problems start. The current Israeli opposition in the Knesset is busy fighting each other for “leadership” and their calls for unity are no more than vows to be the “leader” no matter who the others are or support. And Netanyahu will exploit this and the results are obvious.

The opposition does not have much time left to “unite” and gain the trust of the voter and it is hard to believe they are ready for it.

The problems that a new government will have to deal with are many but some or more urgent than others.  The destruction of the judiciary system is only one of them but will need to be reversed and stopped before it becomes final. The issue of the Haredim and the law allowing them not to join the army and being paid to do so is urgent, in particular in this time of war with many thousands of reservists are called for duty.  And these are just two of the issues that will require immediate action once a new government is in place.

But at this point all that we, the man in the street, can do is hope for better days and pray it will not be too late.

I hope you found this article interesting and I welcome any comments you may have.

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