The two
previous posts briefly described the difficult situation into which, both, the
government systems in Israel and the society itself have deteriorated. In fact,
there is a close relationship between the government and the society and the disintegration
processes are intertwined.
The destructive
processes going on below the surface disappeared from the eyes of the editors
of The Times, that extolled "King Bibi" and the from White House
officials that awarded the Medal of Freedom to president Shimon Peres. These two
people contributed their part in whitewashing the truth and presenting Israel as
a villa in the jungle of the Middle East. Little more disturbing is the
stubborn believe of wide parts of the Jewish public in Israel in this image, which
has nothing to do with reality.
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I don't mean to argue in this blog with those who think that the situation is tolerable, or is not as bad.
The blog's intention is to offer an in-depth explanation to the question: What triggered the erosion process and what failed the State of Israel from becoming a well managed and viable country.
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As I mentioned
in last post the Israeli society is conducted as if it was under threat of
organized crime groups. Very powerful forces control the everyday life and in
order to keep away from trouble, one should better align with the consensus, accept
the ideas dictated by commentators on Channel 2, submissively pay the
exorbitant management fees that are imposed by the banks and other monopolies
and especially hate and excommunicate anyone who dares to question the method.
In the Haaretz
newspaper, which I read, the writers try occasionally to offer an explanation
for what caused the government and the society to lose their course, but most explanations
seem rather superficial. No serious discussion has started on the subject.
Searching in the literature, I found in the book of Sephi Rachlevsky "No Limit" (Zmora-Bitan) the most comprehensive and thorough explanation for the deep malaise of the society.
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The
phenomenon of lack of respect to the law, lack of willingness to accept any
limits and to live according to clear rules - is the best explanation to
the problems and malfunctioning of the Jewish society in general and the Jewish
society in Israel in particular.
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This phenomenon
was discussed previously as Prof. Ehud Sprinzak identified and described the
central problem of Israel in his book "Each One to Himself", illegalism it is called in the book. The
roots of this phenomenon, however, were not deeply researched.
Legal expert Moshe Negbi's book "Sodom
Have We Become" also describes the problem, but refers primarily to law
enforcement systems, which are not themselves taking the law seriously.
Sephi
Rachlevsky goes few steps further, by describing the atmosphere in Israel, that
not only the people refuse to accept limits and rules of conduct, but also
admire leaders who broke the law and made fun of it, like: Moshe Dayan and
Ariel Sharon.
"Sasson Report"
prepared by the jurist Talia Sasson on the phenomenon of the illegal settlements
in the Occupied Territories indicates that the administration personnel,
including the Ministry of Justice officials, are acting openly against the law and bypassing the formal rules, under the auspices of the Ministers responsible and
the prime minister himself. A small example is the attitude of Netanyahu to the
court ruling to return the land of Givat Ulpana to its rightful owners. Netanyahu
ordered to saw the houses and transfer them to a cost of tens of millions of
dollars. Netanyahu and the ruling party punish the state (they are in charge
of) for forcing them to respect the law.
Burglary and confiscation
of land in the occupied territories are prominent examples, but the phenomenon is
much more broad and comprehensive. Many illegal building extensions, or that
were approved by mayors for bribery and never destroyed. Massive resisting of
Shas voters to the accusations of Aryeh Deri and other Shas activists captured
offenses. Resisting of Moshe Katsav close circle of people to his arrest, even though
several women complained, raped or harassed by him. The Airport security checks
that openly discriminate people according to their ethnicity and almost no one
thinks that there's something wrong in it.
It must be admitted
that there is something liberating in life without rules. Tourists coming,
here for a short time, enjoy this free atmosphere. Moreover, the well-known
Jewish creativity, which leads to great achievements in research, has strong
sources in the unwillingness to accept the limits of knowledge.
Nevertheless, the phenomenon of
"no limits" is the best and most comprehensive explanation to the decay
of the Jewish Israeli society and its government system. No state and no civilized society can
exist without respect for the law.
Without wide agreement
upon rules and regulations, you cannot manage, prepare or execute long-term plans
and in short, it is impossible to have a civilized state, and certainly not a
democratic one.
On the social
level, the phenomenon is no less devastating, the societybecomes aggressive,
racist, intolerant and divided. This is a fertile ground for aggressive and forcefull
people that take over the public resources and the rest of the population
become conformist, confused and scared - just as is already happening in the Jewish
society in Israel.
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