Quote of the Day

'The Jews love to hate', Prime Minister Ariel Sharon z"l said that to me several times, as he merited to be the recipient of over-heaping portions of hate from various portions of the nation of Israel throughout his life. This sentence rings in my ears in light if the ugly events in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur. Because of them came forth ugly responses form Netanyahu, Ben Gvir and Lapid (yes, you too Lapid!). Each one of them is trying to throw another match into the bonfire instead of trying to extinguish it. What type of "leaders" try to ignite a civil war right after Yom Kippur?

There are things that there cannot be an argument about. Decisions of our courts must be respected. There is place for everyone in our public sphere. And yes, that also includes place for our shared Jewish tradition. Anyone who degrades and curses religious Jews is not protecting the character of Tel Aviv as a liberal and free city. The opposite. They are not removing the mechitzas but raising walls between the different parts of the nation.

To my friends fighting with me shoulder to shoulder to protect the democratic governance of Israel I say: Do not be enticed to turn the protest into an effort against religion, Jewish tradition or our rights over the Land of Israel. They will fail. There will not be a civil war.

  -- MK Gideon Saar (Hamachaneh Hamamlachti)

the only decent response I have seen

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