We need to explain to the members of the parties to the right of the Likud that we back them. Completely. I'm talking about most of the right-wing camp, of course.
For the most part, we agree with most of what you say. But come closer, we have a secret to tell you: most of us agree with you even more than we agree with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yes, we like your honesty, your passion, and your will. We just think that Netanyahu is smarter in steering us toward our shared goal. We think that he's a gifted diplomat, strong on security, a brilliant economist, and a man who believes in the idea of the "entire" Land of Israel no less than you do. But he has to deal more with reality and less with slogans, and reality is harder.
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Therefore, despite what you think, we want you to be big, strong, and united. Just a minute – let's go back to that last one – "united." We really, really want a large right-wing bloc, one that is strong and can influence the Likud from the Right. When you don't pass the minimum electoral threshold, we clutch our heads and wonder, why, why is this rampaging bull trying to bring the house down on our heads?
Because what we see right now, and what the Left and the "Center" see, too – is a bunch of alley cats in a spat over who is the alpha.
The differences between you – who are secular, who use separate dishes for meat and dairy, who is "somewhat" religious, who is libertarian/schmetarian – are of no interest to anyone but your families, and even they only pretend to care for the sake of keeping the peace.
Most of the Right is unconcerned with the differences between Habayit Hayehudi and the United Right. We care about Israel; we care about a strong Right and a strong government.
I have no doubt that each and every one of you could talk for hours about the unbridgeable chasms between one microscopic party and another, and explain the differences that make it impossible for you to sit in a government with each other under any circumstances, come what may. But that's just it – something really is coming.
You remind me of people who teach specialty subjects and are certain that nothing is more important to students and their parents than working together on a 3D cardboard model of an atom or writing a script for a short drama. I have some news for you – parents have to work, and children have plenty of other homework to do for plenty of other teachers who are certain that their subject is the most important one in the world. Parents certainly want their children to get an education, but the school system is supposed to find the balance and know where to draw the line and stop bothering them.
It's exactly the same with you: you're certain that the public's attention is entirely focused on your nano-ideological disputes and who hurt whose feelings. Get over it, for heaven's sake. We have a life beyond what Naftali Bennett thinks of Bezalel Smotrich. We want to vote and go home.
Yes, we understand the small differences between the Really Jewish party and the Party for Real Jews, but understand that you're making mountains out of molehills. Deal with all that after you're in the Knesset, as a big, strong bloc. Then you can operate as separate factions, each one with its own nuances, and spend all night discussing minutae and write a memoir about it titled "I'm a Pain, Therefore I Am." But deal with what's important – Israel, security – together. Unite in one way or another, because you are natural partners in any strong right-wing government that will defend Israel from being divided and defend the Israeli people from the Supreme Court.
