Another side
of the collapse of the State of Israel is the disintegration of society. Despite
the efforts of the propaganda machine and the establishment media to present a view
of the Jewish Israeli society as united and stable society, the wide protests
last year unveiled cracks in that image
.
The protest
movement is still at the beginning and not focused, but the high percentage of public
support it received showed that something is rotten. Citizens that do not
belong to one of the groups in power who took over the economy, the media and
government positions, are tired of being a milking cow. They feel that for
years, selling them "Zionism" and security issues had kept them too docile
and quiet.
Indeed,
Israeli society has become very quickly aggressive, racist and forcefull,
relative to the young age of the country and the conditions under which it was
founded. Anyone who elbowed his/her way to a position of power, sticks to
it and does everything to keep the advantage - any price is justified for the
goal.
Just look on
the managers of failing companies, which draw huge salaries and arrange good
jobs to their relatives and associates. Banks, insurance companies and
investment companies have created monopolies and eliminated any competition.
They celebrate over the commissions and management fees, which are raised
whenever the balance drops and are exempt from having to serve the customers
and from having to look after their interests. The major worker unions of the Electric
company, teachers, railway banks and ports, do everything in their power to
stop any change and block any improvement in the systems for which they are
responsible. Most of the media groups, which are supposed to provide us with
objective and balanced information on the situation in the country, are fawning
over the audience and provide spins and thrills instead of news and commentary.
Although the social
protest put these issues on the agenda, the discussion is still emotional
and superficial. Few dare to wonder why the public for 64 years agreed with
this unfair method and why even now the protest is so hesitant and unfocused.
Beyond the economic
monopolies there are other forces that block by all their might any change to
the status quo. One is the religious power, which managed to position
themselves as the bearers of the Judaism flag and filling their pockets with
money and power at the expense of "the secular donkey." The other
force is the militarists - the defense system, the weapon industry and anyone
who ranked captain and above in his army service. They revere the security and
worship it - completely out of proportion and even though Israel is no longer
under the direct existential threat, they prevent any discussion about the
defense budget and the need to audit the way it is managed. They, actually, achieve
the opposite result of a corrupt and wasteful management that compromise the
defense system level of readiness.
Another
process that threatens the integrity of the Jewish society in Israel is the deepening
hatred between the different tribes. Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Russians,
religious, secular. Each faction will do anything to harm, defame and humiliate
the other faction, even at the cost of damaging the country. Here, it should be
noted, some parties and politicians take a significant part in the blame, as they
did not refrain from any form of incitement, in order to promote their
interests.
The symptoms
of the Israeli society are very similar to life in an environment dominated by
organized crime groups. When law enforcement is paralyzed and the
bullies hold control, all that remains for the common people to do is to keep
low profile, assimilate into the general flow, connect to the strong and hope
for the best.
In the next post,
I'll go into the analysis of the reasons that brought us to this sad and hopeless
situation.
