American actress Emma Stone won an Oscar for her performance in the film "La La Land". She acted brilliantly because she is simply an excellent actress – but at the end of the shooting day, she returned to life itself because life is not a movie.
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For us, on the other hand, we do live in La La Land, and it seems that in the movie of our lives, the mother ship has disconnected from the launch pad, and it doesn't look like it will return to its place anytime soon.
In what movie can you write such an imaginary script, in which a tiny country, that speaks a cryptic language used by only about 10 million people in the world, whose population is about 7.5 million Jews and another 2 million Arabs, and is surrounded by hostile countries, gives the middle finger to the superpower that has stood by its side for the last 75 years, and gives it money as a gift, military aid, planes, bombs, ammunition and most importantly – international backing and vetoing any decision that could harm it, and not just during wartime.
A crazy thing is taking place on full display, which could inflict damage on Israel that could take years to repair, if at all. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preaching morality and clashing with the one whose hand we eat from. My late father used to say: "If two people tell you you're drunk – go to sleep." In other words, if more than one person points out to you that you are going the wrong way – don't argue just check if all the decisions you have made are leading to the place you intend to reach.
In our case, it is much more serious, because the Prime Minister is responsible for the lives of 9.5 million Israeli citizens, and indirectly - also for the well-being and lives of millions of Jews around the world, who could be harmed by his actions or inactions.
As the military correspondent for this newspaper, Lilach Shoval, pointed out, since the beginning of the war, shipments of weapons have arrived in Israel on 300 planes and 50 ships, most of them from the US. President Joe Biden was the first to stand by Israel after the massacre and declare that Israel would not walk alone. But even the best friend, without whom we have no safe existence in the neighborhood we live in, thinks he has the right to express an opinion, make remarks, make requests, and even outline the contours of a future solution in the region.
The US also hoped that the Israeli leadership would understand that the president is in a not-so-simple election year and that he too sees polls indicating a drop in support for him because of his support for Israel.
So maybe Chuck Schumer's words that elections need to be held and Netanyahu is endangering Israel were not politically smart – but he was just saying what tens of thousands of Israelis say every week in their demonstrations on Kaplan St. every Saturday night. Will Netanyahu also turn his back on them and accuse them of forgetting October 7? After all, some of them paid with the lives of their children, while other protesters' children and grandchildren are fighting in the south and north, not vacationing in a hotel in Miami.
So yes, Netanyahu, More than one person – including Donald Trump, who you may be hoping will return to power – is telling you that you are going the wrong way. You should check before we all stand on the edge of the cliff and you call on us to take one step forward.
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