The resignation of Coalition Chairwoman and Yamina MK Idit Silman from the government indicates that some politicians still fail to understand crucial public matters. The recent decision to allow entry of leavened bread and goods known as chametz into hospitals during the Passover holiday is a small, but significant example of how the Left has completely lost all public and political sensitivity.
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And it has been going through this for the last 30 years. In 2000, the United Torah Judaism pulled out of then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak's coalition because he had permitted the truck transport of a huge metal turbine part on Sabbath in violation of Jewish law.
The current government, besides all the major issues it has had since its inception, is characterized by a collapse of institutions. Soon after it took office, the prison service was revealed as severely lacking. No significant measures were taken after the six Palestinian terrorists escaped the high-security prison ahead of Rosh Hashanah last year.
Then came allegations of serious negligence at the Emek Medical Center in Afula. How can a medical center not deteriorate if the health minister is busy with matters of chametz and would much rather prefer a trip to the Israeli field hospital in Ukraine than a visit to Afula?
And lastly, delays at Israel's ports that lead to increases in goods prices.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's inaptitude to deal with such situations has ultimately manifested in his inability to "read the room" with regard to the Silman resignation. He is incompetent and has dropped the ball. Silman was not a minor coalition member. She held a senior position and had no personal reason to leave.
But the problem of forming an alternative government in the current Knesset stands. This is a solvable problem. But some claim that Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope is going through an upheaval. For Sa'ar, who is responsible for forming a government incapable of dealing with any national problem, this is a massive problem.
Sa'ar can save Israel from political turmoil. But Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich's statements against the justice system are destructive, signaling that he would rather have another round of elections than an alternative government.
As for the public, it prefers a right-wing government supported by the center to another election. Sa'ar's dreams of reforms in the justice system will have to wait.
There is also no point in forming an alternative government in which Bennet is replaced by a leader of another minority faction, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, for example.
The only way to establish a functioning alternative government is with Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. Or, if Likud agrees on a successor, another elected representative of the party.
On Tuesday, Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin criticized Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked in an unprecedented manner. He accused her, and Bennett, of losing control of Israel's borders and the state's Jewish identity.
Pressure on Shaked is increasing, and since the loss of the majority in the government puts the coalition at risk, there is a chance that more lawmakers with national responsibility will join efforts to create a stable alternative government.
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