What the Crown says about an entity in crisis

The political crisis in Israel appears to be an integral part of what this entity has transformed into, despite the fact that the Hebrew state, at the regional level, is moving from one normalization to another, with more Arabs “lining up” waiting to obtain the US approval through an agreement with Tel Aviv. But in exchange for this “success,” there is internal regression and social unrest, in light of the dominance of personal interests and endless rivalries between and within the camps, as well as within a single party, which makes Israel loses the advantage that its components have long accumulated.

Israel’s current internal crisis may be the worst in its history. In the words of Israeli commentators (The Marker – Haaretz newspaper): “Instead of an existential threat that unites the ranks, we all fall into internal hatred. At the cost of other tribes, while the universal state suffers from the existence of a political leadership that works to maintain its political survival through division, incitement and empowerment, even at the cost of the state and its future.
In Israel’s domestic scene, personality is reinforced rather than the public interest, to the point of damaging institutions. It is enough, to prove it, that the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, reached a normalization agreement described as “historic” with the UAE, without informing the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabi Ashkenazi and the Minister of Security Benny Gantz, for fear that he would share your personal benefit as a result of the agreement. At the same time, the campaign of the right, and in front of its launchers the head of the political pyramid, is enraging against the judicial and police institutions, both accused of inciting Netanyahu in the context of his trial for crimes of corruption and bribery , even if the accusations lead to a loss of confidence in them and to public division between opponents and recruited supporters. In their favor, to deepen the internal division.
Although what was presented is a model of many indicators that now raise questions about Israel’s future to the point of warning some of the Hebrew media of the collapse, it appears that it is too early to proceed with this assessment. As Israel seems so far insensitive to its dilemmas, even if its crises affect its structure and the flesh of its components. However, these crises seem capable of exposing the internal contradictions of the entity, which cannot be done in any normal country. One of the expressions of this is the division that is currently taking place regarding the crisis of the Corona virus, between those who consider it an opportunity and those who find it a threat, while the attention of politicians is focused on how to transform the virus in a means of combat to harm opponents, pointing out that the number of infections becomes more dangerous, after it exceeds three thousand four hundred cases. per day.
The head of the “Israel Our Home” party, Avigdor Lieberman, called on Israelis not to comply with the government’s decisions in everything related to the “Crown” crisis, as they are decisions made for political reasons according to him, while that the “Haredi” parties reject any closure of their cities and towns due to the epidemic reality, and even threaten Netanyahu equips the government, if he decides to do so, and affirms that he will not cooperate with the government in such a decision. As for Netanyahu, he accuses his opponents of provoking, through their objection to his policy of confrontation with Corona, the division and fragmentation of the Israeli public, considering that these people foment chaos and undermine the processes of confrontation of the epidemic by political motives. However, the prime minister’s position did not prevent him from excluding ten “haredi” cities from the closure, which the Haaretz newspaper said yesterday is further evidence of Netanyahu’s shameful failure in managing the Corona crisis, and that “the state it cannot operate when a defendant takes power. ” “The prime minister is a criminal, and Netanyahu, with his abdication and irresponsibility, is causing Israel to fall into chaos.”
Predominant estimates in Israel indicate that the Corona crisis and methods of dealing with it based on political calculations will exacerbate and accelerate the negative consequences on more than one level, which explains the results of a new opinion poll issued yesterday by the Center. Gutman of Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Institute for Democracy. “(Occupied Jerusalem). According to the survey results, more than half of Israelis (52.4 percent) are pessimistic about the future of democratic government in Israel, while more than two-thirds (68.4 percent ) believe that the days of the current government are numbered.
Shown waiting
Opinion polls indicate that the “Yamina” party, headed by former Security Minister Naftali Bennett (currently outside the government coalition), will be the second party in terms of number of seats in the “Knesset” if the general elections are held. celebrate now. According to the latest opinion poll published yesterday on “Channel 13”, the “Yamina” party will win 21 seats (currently 5 seats), compared to the 31 seats of the “Likud”, while its president Bennett will occupy second place after Netanyahu to take over as prime minister. These polls are tempting, as they demonstrated, to keep seizing opportunities and keeping threats out of your way, but – nonetheless – you realize the limits of your power, and that removing Netanyahu from office without preparing presentations that are of his interest will lead to a double defeat in the field of the right, which will not be limited to his rival. It will include it too.

Personality is enhanced rather than public interest, to the point of damaging institutions.

Similarly, Bennett realizes that the possibility of his success lies in preserving the crowd from the field on the right, while eating as many Likud seats as possible, while at the same time drawing votes from the crowd. from the center. Hence, the “Right” leader refrains from attacking Netanyahu for freezing the annexation in the West Bank in exchange for establishing diplomatic relations with the Emirates, and the objective is to “flirt” with the “Blue and White” party, on all from extremist positions, even if they secure additional seats at the expense of “Likud.” “However, it cut him off from the Al-Wasat camp and weakened his chances of forming a coalition government later. In this context, the Coronavirus crisis seems ideal to bridge the divisions between right and left; While presenting himself as a savior for Israel from the virus, promising that he will eliminate the epidemic within a month if he takes control, warning that he does not attack Netanyahu in a context of corruption and bribery, but because the latter “focuses on personal problems and It cannot face the Corona crisis. “
Regardless of the accounts I showed, the poll results seem, indeed, worrisome for Netanyahu, since winning for “Yameenah” more than 20 seats, and if the party is in the right wing itself, it means waiting for the harsh Bennett’s terms, which is difficult for Netanyahu to accept, just as it is difficult. You have to form a coalition without the owners. Based on the foregoing, the fourth elections fell back in the scale of the prime minister’s concerns about his competitors, to link more than ever to the coalition with the Blue and White party, since he and Gantz currently share the interest of abstaining. to provoke new early elections.

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