New election could highlight the problems with the ultra-Orthodox, which the left isn't actually concerned about
2 Comments Published by Avi Green on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 1:01 AM.
Israel Hayom wrote about the likelihood the Haredi communities in Israel will feature prominently in the coming election:
But as this columnist notes, while warning of another possible anti-religious crusade coming about, there's no way the left will genuinely try to change anything:
I think this is why we can't assume Lieberman really means it when he pans the Haredi parties. And that's why he too is no longer a politician worth supporting.
The trigger for Israel’s unprecedented repeat election touches upon one of the major fault lines in Israeli society – the role of the growing ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in modern life.I think they have this a little backwards. Depending how you view it, the spiritual gurus of the Haredi clans are leaving modern society behind, for the sake of a dismal vision that believes in insularity at the expense of everyone else. Worst, they're desensitizing their subjects to extremism, and that too is a serious problem.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s prospective government ostensibly collapsed last week over the issue of military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men, a source of longtime resentment among the secular majority of Jewish Israelis who are required to serve.
The conflict over the draft law is just one of several deep disagreements over the role of religion in Israeli society. While the ultra-Orthodox parties wield significant political influence, experts say their cloistered communities are being left behind by modern society, with long-lasting negative consequences for the future of the country.
But as this columnist notes, while warning of another possible anti-religious crusade coming about, there's no way the left will genuinely try to change anything:
Yet here we are again; the Left has come up with another reason for people to be afraid, a new existential threat. Just yesterday we were told to tremble in fear over the “end of democracy,” the “fall of the rule of law,” and the “destruction of the judicial system,” and today we are already being told to fear the halachic state.It's also worth noting Shas originally accepted the Oslo accords, as indicated above, leading to serious disaster. One can validly ask whether they'd be willing to form a government with a left-wing party again, because Shas, as a party with socialist leanings, actually was cozy with them for that very reason.
The facts, however, don’t support that. Members of Blue and White, the Labor party and even Meretz have no problem sitting in the same government with the ultra-Orthodox parties. In actuality, Moshe Ya’alon and Benny Gantz have begun working toward it. The Left has always done this, eagerly, and when it didn’t materialize it was because of haredi rejectionism (for example, Tzipi Livni’s efforts to form a government after Ehud Olmert’s resignation in 2008) – and not because the Left chose to exclude them from the coalition or their refusal to accept their various demands in exchange for joining.
Such was the case with Yitzhak Rabin’s Labor government and Shas; with Ehud Barak’s government with Shas; and Olmert’s Kadima government. The deal on the table was obvious: The haredim would support these governments’ dovish policies, and the Left in return would acquiesce to all their demands on religious, social and state-related matters. Case in point, it was the Olmert and Labor government, when Professor Yuli Tamir was education minister, that decided to annul core issue studies in the haredi sector and ratified the Nahari law, which allows the government to fund recognized but unofficial schools.
When all this was happening, however, the press was not inundating us with bombastic headlines and threats of a “Halachah state.” Quite the opposite, there was a general appreciation of Shas for its contributions and flexibility on diplomatic matters.
Even the return of former Shas leader Aryeh Deri to the political arena, following his time in prison, was treated by the media with kid gloves, in the contemplation that Shas could again be used to tip the political scale in favor of the Left. Prior to the general election in 2013, then-President Shimon Peres said, “For the peace process to move forward, Shas really needs to be a part of the coalition.”
But the current rhetoric of fear over a halachic state isn’t a new phenomenon on the Left. It is essentially another evolution of haredi hatred, and this time, too, the anti-religious discourse is being used to camouflage the diplomatic dispute. This is a familiar tactic: Every recent left-wing government rose to power on the back of some civic-social wave or another, but in actuality, they focused on the Palestinian issue once in office.
I think this is why we can't assume Lieberman really means it when he pans the Haredi parties. And that's why he too is no longer a politician worth supporting.
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Laureen Lipsky said:
“New York City has seen a huge increase
in anti-Semitic attacks, largely carried
out against religious Jews in Brooklyn.
Most of these incidents are ignored by the media.”
SOURCE:
Anti-Israel Hate Marches Continue in
Europe and the West by Laureen Lipsky
2019/6/6 (Laureen Lipsky is a pro-Israel
advocate living in New York and the
founder of Taking Back the Narrative.)
www.algemeiner.com/2019/06/06/anti-israel-hate-marches-continue-in-europe-and-the-west/
PERSONAL COMMENT:
Given that the mainstream-news-media
ignored the increase in anti-Semitic
attacks in New York City, how can they
be trusted to report about Israel fairly?
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Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
“I refuse to bend over backward
to single out Israel – or other
things Jewish – for super-scrutiny.
I refuse to gloat, as so many in academia and
the media seem to, over Israel’s shortcomings.”
SOURCE: Chutzpah
by Alan M. Dershowitz (chapter 7, page 211)
published in year 1991 by Little Brown & Co
ISBN: 9780316181372 ISBN: 0316181374
PERSONAL COMMENT:
Given that the mainstream-news-media gloats
over Israel’s shortcomings, how can they
be trusted to report about Israel fairly?
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Eric Starkman (a Los Angeles-based
writer and journalist) said:
“The mainstream media has abandoned
all pretense of objectivity.
Whereas in the past journalists viewed
themselves as unbiased chroniclers of
the news, their focus today is on
manufacturing it and dominating
the ensuing conversations.
A journalist’s influence today isn’t
determined by the quality or accuracy
of their reporting, but rather the size
of their Twitter following and the
frequency of their television appearances.”
SOURCE:
Why Crown Heights Hate Crimes Aren’t Newsworthy
by Eric Starkman, 2019 February 17, in The Algemeiner
www.algemeiner.com/2019/02/17/why-crown-heights-hate-crimes-arent-newsworthy/
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“But the Western press shows little
proclivity for reporting on topics
that might cast the PA [Palestinian
Authority] in a bad light.”
SOURCE: article by Sean Durns, 2019 March 6
The Media Only Cares about Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed
www.algemeiner.com/2019/03/06/the-media-only-cares-about-palestinians-if-israel-can-be-blamed/
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“Indeed, Palestinians rarely make an
appearance in The [Washington] Post,
unless it’s to serve as the perennial
victim — and this too is contingent
on portraying Israel, and only Israel,
as the oppressor.
When Palestinians suffer at the hands
of their leaders, the [Washington] Post
is nowhere to be found.”
SOURCE: article by Sean Durns,
2019 March 6 The Media Only Cares
about Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed
www.algemeiner.com/2019/03/06/the-media-only-cares-about-palestinians-if-israel-can-be-blamed/
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“[Rashida] Tlaib, a high-profile member
of Congress, has been caught following a
virulently anti-Semitic Instagram account
—and using her official account to do so.
Yet the press couldn’t be troubled to report it.”
SOURCE: The media goes to bat
for congressional anti-Semitism
by Sean Durns, 2019 March 20
www.jns.org/opinion/the-media-goes-to-bat-for-congressional-anti-semitism/