שומרות ושומרים על הבית המשותף - בוקר טוב Why is the hard-left determined to destroy the anti-regime change campaign?

I want to say to the anti- “occupation” campaigners who tried to hijack last night’s united front rally in Jerusalem against regime change-in-the-guise-of-judicial-reform —“you do not speak in my name.”

You tried to chant over the speakers. You marched showily, banging drums through the audience, making it hard to hear speakers like Tzipi Livni and Matti Friedman.

You are the flip side of the Hardal extremists like Ben-Gvir -- Mindless fanatics who believe that your ideology or theology is more important than the Zionist enterprise and a united front.

You are out of touch with reality. It is easy to oppose the “occupation,” but what is your plan B? Hamastan in the West Bank? Gaza in Jenin? Or do you prefer rule by the next generation of corrupt PLO warlords? Jibril Rajoub and Hamas are already coordinating for the day after Abu Mazen passes from the scene.

Has the PLO yet recognized the rights of the Jewish people to a national homeland? Anywhere in Palestine?

So spare me your sanctimonious dribble about democracy in the West Bank. 

And to the anti-"occupation" gentleman holding the anti-"apartheid" sign, I say: “Sir, have you no shame?” If "apartheid" means anything you want it to mean, then it means nothing.

Yudith Oppenheimer, Executive Director of Ir Amim, you spoke with feeling about house demolitions in Jerusalem. You forgot to mention that if 40 percent of the city’s population that is Arab voted – which is their right – they could influence rules and regulations over construction in their neighborhoods. It is hard to help people who won’t help themselves.

And to the coordinators of הבית המשותף I have also been thinking about the worth of demonstrating at the private homes of government ministers. Just because the Netanyahu/Regev camp did this to the previous government does not make it right or good politics.  Our side does not get points for potentially traumatizing the children of ministers or inconveniencing their innocent neighbors – especially erev Shabbat.

I get the attraction of blocking highways. But it seems to me that Bibi wants these scenes of chaos so that the population demands “law and order.” 

What then? What we need is a general strike.  

And to the Bibists & Hardal extremists of the Ben-Gvir ilk, I say: I opposed Oslo, which was railroaded through using every corrupt trick in the book.

Now you are trying to cram power permanently in your hands using Oslo rules - without consensus and against the principles of representative democracy and the Declaration of Independence.

Worse of all are your goals: Consolidation of power in the hands of the few. You want to control the courts, the police, the bureaucracy, the central bank, and eventually the press. 

Your vision for Israel is that of an intolerant, chauvinistic, and halachic state.

I pray that you fail.

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