Kalman Libskind, Maariv
December 08, 2008
In a country where the judicial system is politicized and a free discourse of opinions is prevented by the media, it should come as no surprise that the stone remains the only channel of communication.
The youth gathered at Beit Hashalom in Hebron have skipped school these past 2 weeks but the civics lesson they received from the government of Israel was more than they could have ever received in the classroom. The conclusion of the lesson is that in a place where the government abuses democracy to advance its own agenda, the only venue of protest left is that of violence.
These youth witnessed Ariel Sharon lie to his voters, only to be rewarded with a wild round of applause from the media.
They saw how the majority of Likud members voted against the disengagement and couldn't understand how the media succeeded in encouraging the prime minister to ignore the majority opinion, defending him by claiming that that these are the ways of democracy.
These youth look on with despair at its leaders are defeated again and again by the Supreme Court while the extreme Left registers nearly 100% success in its appeals.
They see the riots of the Druze in Pekiin, who go on a burning rampage and assault policemen over a cellular antenna and then receive the sympathy of the media reserved for victims.
They see that when Arabs in Acco set a Yeshiva on fire, the media takes an apologetic tone with them while characterizing the other side (the right wingers) as the enemy.
They also don't understand how when Arabs desecrate the Jewish cemetery in Hebron, the mass media do not find this worthy of mention, while when a Jewish youngster desecrates a Moslem grave the item is reported in every news outlet and he is termed a neo-Nazi.
The Journalist’s State of Tel Aviv
These youths do not understand how the journalists can set out on a Holy War against the destruction of the mythological basketball stadium of Ha'Poel Tel Aviv, do not understand the burning faith the media has when they do battle to save the kiosk where Bialik drank his first cup of coffee, yet just because they want to live in the city of our Patriarchs, they are portrayed as madmen.
When HaPo'el Tel Aviv and Bialik's 2 teaspoons of sugar are more important than our Patriarch Abraham, these youth ask: Who here is the abnormal one – we in Hebron or you in the State of Tel Aviv?!
When they see that the polls show half of the citizens of Israel agreeing with them, but that half do not have even a sliver of representation in the media, they realize that something here is a sham. This becomes a game they are no longer willing to take part in.
These youth observe and sadly internalize the fact that the only language understood here is violence.
When Palestinians murdered Jews they got Gush Katif.
When Israeli Arabs rioted in October 2000 they received the embrace of the Ohr Commission.
The residents of Kfar Kassam know they are exempt from the television tax because no policeman or official dare go in and take away their television (if he wants to escape with his life).
The Bedouins build wherever they feel like knowing very well that in order to tear down even one wall, Israel would have to mobilize an entire division of reservists to do the job.
Did anyone say something about the rule of law?
A quality group of people who volunteer and contribute to society, feels a growing siege strangling them under the cover of a fake democracy. These youth, representing the robust sector of this group have come to grips with the situation.
In a country where the judicial system is politicized and a free discourse of opinion is prevented by the media, it should come as no surprise that the stone remains the only channel of communication.
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