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Mar 19, 2015
Deri should be Minister of Social Welfare or Minister of Economics and Trade
It seems Aryeh Deri is angling for a return to the Interior Ministry. He has said that he would demand that appointment to join a coalition.
Regardless of whether he gets it or not, as the outcome is really dependent on coalition negotiations and what else is allocated to the party, and also in combination with what other parties demand and get as well, I think Deri is making a mistake.
Deri campaigned on the issue of the shkufim - the transparent. The lower middle class and the lower class of the socioeconomic society, the people who work hard, can't make it to the end of the month, yet are overlooked by everybody.
I am not aware of how running the Ministry of Interior can directly help the shkufim. How can Aryeh Deri promise to work on behalf of the 2 million shkufim from the office of the Ministry of the Interior? Considering Aryeh Deri's promise and entire campaign, he should be demanded the Ministry of Social Welfare (Misrad Harevacha), or the Ministry of Economics, Commerce and Trade (Misrad Hacalcala vMischar). As Bennet showed when he worked in that office last term, that would be the perfect ministry from which Deri could work to fulfill his promises, working on minimum wage, improving conditions for the working class, developing programs to help with career advancement, etc.
If Deri does not demand such an appointment but actually demands the Ministry of the Interior, I think he should be offered it.
For Deri to demand the Ministry of Interior, and not the Revacha or Calcala offices, is basically a slap in the face to all the people who voted for him, considering his campaign.
Regardless of whether he gets it or not, as the outcome is really dependent on coalition negotiations and what else is allocated to the party, and also in combination with what other parties demand and get as well, I think Deri is making a mistake.
Deri campaigned on the issue of the shkufim - the transparent. The lower middle class and the lower class of the socioeconomic society, the people who work hard, can't make it to the end of the month, yet are overlooked by everybody.
I am not aware of how running the Ministry of Interior can directly help the shkufim. How can Aryeh Deri promise to work on behalf of the 2 million shkufim from the office of the Ministry of the Interior? Considering Aryeh Deri's promise and entire campaign, he should be demanded the Ministry of Social Welfare (Misrad Harevacha), or the Ministry of Economics, Commerce and Trade (Misrad Hacalcala vMischar). As Bennet showed when he worked in that office last term, that would be the perfect ministry from which Deri could work to fulfill his promises, working on minimum wage, improving conditions for the working class, developing programs to help with career advancement, etc.
If Deri does not demand such an appointment but actually demands the Ministry of the Interior, I think he should be offered it.
For Deri to demand the Ministry of Interior, and not the Revacha or Calcala offices, is basically a slap in the face to all the people who voted for him, considering his campaign.
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There us an ancient, secular, Russian proverb, I first heard when Sharansky was Min. of the Interior:
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I kid you not.
Eli Yishai did a pretty good job, too, removing nationality from the ID cards, flying in the face of the Court's decision to accept a baby with quasi-conversion, not only as Jewish for the purpose of religion, but also as nationality. Yishai wasn't having it.
Sha"S (w/all their flaws) have shown willingness to battle Xian missionaries in Israel. I certainly hope that translates into scrutiny of some these people's, including IDF volunteers, requests for citizenship.
I say give Deri the Interior Ministry.
Don't worry the civil servants will still have a hell of a lot of control. A friend's citizenship request was thwarted by a secular branch mngr, even though my friend provided plenty of proof of Jewishness, including his wife's ketubbah and marriage certificate from the Israeli Rabbinate, and was married to an Israeli citizen.
I'm sure they can get away with plenty of other shenanigans.
Very good point, Rafi. You're absolutely right. (But are you saying that you actually believed election ads, especially Shas's? :-( )
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