Reuben Rivlin and Benjamin Netanyahu(Photo: Alex Kolomoisky, Fellow Shabby)it’s killing me. Neither “crisis management”, nor “exit strategy”, nor “transition to Israeli-made reagents”. My Mom.
My mother – whose meager powers are sucking away from her, swimming like useless day by day, losing count and grasp, lost through a three-square-foot balcony – the only refuge in weeks. All alone.
We dare not approach her. We are disciplined. Obedient. Believe what we are told. Watching with bride’s eyes – through the screen, when she manages to manipulate it – into a woman we love most, becoming sick to our eyes with something that will turn out to be far more deadly than Corona: a combination of apathy, depression and disconnection.
Want to call it a name? Let’s call it “Israel II.” My mother is now part of Israel II. like all of us. All of us, of course, are Israel first. The one who took on the role of issuing the directives, orders and regulations that require Israel II, but for a moment does not dream of applying them.
Who are the first members of Israel? You know exactly. The prime minister, who actually allows himself to host
For Seder, his son who lives “nearby”; Or the president of the state, who certainly allows himself
To host his daughter, partner and children in his residence, plus the apology “It’s hard to understand and I regret it”.
Really hard to understand. Actually impossible to understand, but hey, what do I understand; I am the second Israel. I can’t understand Rivlin’s special needs; Only my mother’s needs, which are not binding, it turns out, no deviations from the procedure. I also do not understand the Minister of Health, who prays at the density of a minyan and above and then tested positive for Corona and announces that everything in him, God bless, okay, because he does not read a newspaper. I also cannot understand – farmer like me – the exceptional permits received by flights, mainly from the US, to land at Ben Gurion Airport, to enter Israel and to spread freely.
This is the first Israel for you; The governing, connected Israel, the one who will arrange for herself – and the boy who must come to visit, and the New York guys who must arrive on the flight – Confirm motion and immediate corona check from now on while you go, look for who will check you.
This is a truly towering Israel. Israel that demands full, blind and thoughtless obedience from its citizens – taxpayers, military servants and those who will bear the financial burden of breaking hundreds of thousands in the coming months – but giving itself full exemption. personal example? You made them laugh. Give them a personal example – but do them a favor, not them. They are better than us. Privileges from us. Arranged from us. They are not my mother. They are a special case. Really special. They are VIP survival, the senior island. Not good for you? Stay home. Not heard from you.
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First Published 12/04/2020 11:05 PM
