Life in Israel

May 5, 2024

Picture of the Day

the Gvura Forum held protests outside the Knesset against the government demanding to continue fighting in Gaza until full victory is achieved.... several ministers of the government itself joined and participated in the protests (I read somewhere that 10 ministers participated), pictured above are Ministers Betzalel Smotritch and Miki Zohar.

Government ministers protesting against the government that they themselves serve in....

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Life In Israel After Aliyah (Vlog Ep.2) (video)

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Emergency Aliyah Conference (video)

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May 2, 2024

Tweet of the Day

I am not sure if this should be counted as Tweet of the Day or as Troll of the Day. I am going with Tweet of the Day, but really not sure that is the correct decision...

לגלנט, ממובילי הקונספציה ואחד מהאחראים הבולטים למחדל השבעה באוקטובר, אין מנדט לאשר מינויי אלופים ולעצב את המטה הכללי הבא של צה"ל. המינויים עליהם החליט היום גלנט יחד עם הרמטכ"ל מלמדים כי הוא מצפצף על הציבור באופן מוחלט.

אין לזה קשר לזהות הקצינים שמונו, שייתכן שחלקם ראוי מאוד,…
— איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) May 2, 2024

Minister of Internal Security Itamar Ben Gvir tweeted:

Galant, one of the leaders of the Conception and one of the leading people responsible for the failure of October 7, has no mandate to appoint generals and mold the coming leadership of the IDF General Staff. The appointments he has now decided on today in conjunction with the Chief of Staff show us that he is decidedly showing contempt of the Israeli public.

This has no connection to the identities of the officers who have been appointed - it is very possible some of them are very worthy, but the decision-making capability of Galant to continue as if nothing happened under his responsibility as Defense Minister over the greatest failure in the history of the State.

In light of this, I call upon the Prime Minister to fire Galant from his position - he is not worthy to continue serving as Defense Minister.

1. Ben Gvir has called for the firing of Galant several times already. Maybe he needs to be more impactful if this is something he really wants - he is part of this government and if this is as serious a matter as he claims, he can threaten to bring down the government as he has done for other matters.

2. Ben Gvir has been Minister of Internal Security, in charge of the police. It seems he too was responsible for a large part of the failure of October 7. The police failed to protect the people of Israel along the border. The army failed as did the police. Ben Gvir should be fired, by his own logic, and should be prevented from making appointments.

3. PM Netanyahu was the leading person behind the Conception for many years, and holds ultimate responsibility. if he is not bringing them all to task, including the Prime Minister, how can he just try to bring one of them to task?

4. Should the army proceed to function short-handed? Until everyone responsible leaves their roles (ie after the end of the war), these changes cannot be made, so they have to be made now, like it or not. If the people responsible (ie pretty much the entire government and probably the entire leadership of the security forces) cant be fired or be forced to resign just yet, they still have to be able to continue to function.

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Quote of the Day

it will be discussed, there will be opinions, we will come to understandings. Tzfat and Metula havent been closed, but Meron will be? Ok, we heard. The entire world waits for Meron.

-- Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf, responding to the news that Meron will be closed and declared a closed military zone for the week leading up to Lag BaOmer and for Lag BaOmer itself, to prevent people form going there against instructions.

Meron has been hit with rockets from Hezbollah several times (there is an important army base very close to Meron) and a party with a large amount of celebrants on Lag BaOmer could make this an easy target for Hezbollah and will be a potential disaster. Goldknopf obviously doesnt like the idea of Meron being closed on Lag BaOmer.

What he said caused quite a stir, especially because Metulla is closed down. Goldknopf has since apologized, but specifically apologized for inaccurately bundling Tzfat and Meron together. It seems he still thinks the Meron celebration shouldnt be shut down, despite the war and danger, just he shouldnt have compared it to Metulla...

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this should be our biggest problem

One of the things people get excited about with Pesach approaching, and then on Pesach, is the "KaElah" experience.

In the Torah reading in shul there is a word, KaElah, that is read in the cantillation with a rising sound and it has become popular, especially in recent years for the congregants to call it out in an exaggerated way. I have seen videos of people having a lot of fun with it, even singing it stretched out with musical accompaniment...

Recently I have seen several articles decrying this behavior, calling it inappropriate, a desecration and degradation of the Torah acting in this way during the Torah reading with the Torah laying open on the bima. Here is an exagerrated example or two...

כאלה
פארגאנגענע חוה"מ פסח pic.twitter.com/57TiPBNvTq
— Hasidic (@hasidic_1) May 1, 2024

המסורת השנתית: כמדי שנה מתפללי שטיבלא'ך קארו בביתר עילית בשירת "כאלה" בניצוחו של כוכב הרשת הירושלמי וולווה קירשנבוים. בתפקיד הבעל קורא: העיתונאי אריה ארליך pic.twitter.com/7El5Y3xxkd
— משה ויסברג (@moshe_nayes) April 24, 2024

Appropriate or not, it brings such joy to so many people..

All I will say is halevai this should be the most significant problems we have in Am Yisrael...

or in Hebrew, שכאלה יהיו הבעיות של עם ישראל....

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