Yesterday's reelection of Bibi Netanyahu - nearly 67 years after the founding of the modern State of Israel - was the culmination of 2000 years of the hopes and aspirations, dreams and prayers of the Jewish people.
Finally:
Finally:
- We are free to be openly racist on our way to victory
- We have a prime minister strong enough to tell us who is a good Israeli (and who isn't)
- We can openly disrespect the leader of our greatest ally - who we rely on for advanced weapons we can't produce ourselves, massive amounts of trade to keep our economy from collapsing and protecting us with a veto in hostile world bodies
- We can feel good about creating a society with a growing divide between the haves and have-nots while living like kings in our state-funded mansions
- We can freely demonize other Jews who also serve in the army and risk their lives for this country but have a different point of view on security or economic issues
- We can rest assured knowing we live in a country where our official Rabbinate is ruled by religious fanatics
- We can enshrine into legislation the 'special' status of the ultra-orthodox where if my son doesn't want to go to the army he is assured he will sit in prison for 2 years but if one of his many second cousins decides not to go to the army he will suffer no significant consequences at all
- We can put to bed this silly idea of universal suffrage and rule millions of people without giving them a vote or any hope of ever having a vote
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