If anything, Chutz La’aretz should be worse in this respect, as Chazal say twice on the same Parsha.
Let’s jettison state socialism, and allow the Holy Land to be acquired with other hardships, instead…
ראה בגליון “אז נדברו” לפרשת וישב תשפ”א בעמוד האחרון, בכותרת:
די… נמאס לי מהמסגרת… שוברים מוסכמות…
Mishpacha Mag implies this doesn’t sound outlandish, of course. As do others.
But did Trump bring the Temple service one iota closer? No, his “Deal” worsens things in several ways.
And Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of so-called “Israel” is supposed to be a good thing?! Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish tribes, not the state!
The current regime does not represent the Jewish people one bit, its sworn enemy (it brandishes Davidic regalia much as the Chazir parades its cloven hoof). The farce truly owns nothing of our land; what right might it have over קרית דוד חנה, Gevald?! The state has nothing in common with even the kingdom of Efrayim – הם המליכו ולא ממני, let alone the priestly Hasmoneans, whose initial rule Rambam famously hails.
(This should not detract from our gratitude to Hashem for granting us political autonomy. But a democratic parliament should never have displaced Godly anarchy.)
Whatever the definition of Corona\British\Nazi-era “Essential Worker”, surely in the democratic model of government, “zero-price-good” politicians aren’t it.
Isn’t the whole idea behind democracy, that you can forever have continuity of government (ugh), even if you had less than a minyan left in the whole continent since the suits mystically represent the majority\Deep State? אין ציבור מת and all.
In a democracy, “Aaaaaaanyone can become Chief Gangster (read: President)”, right? So, what’s the official propaganda excuse behind providing cheap, interchangeable screws with such expensive personal security details at the tax slaves’ expense? If one screw goes, get another one from the “Birgiya” (Hebrew for screw cabinet). Doesn’t even need to be the same size. (Think Sharon>Olmert.)
Continuing in the same vein, why are assassinations\expirations of ministers (like Rechavam Ze’evi) or prime ministers (like Yitzchak Rabin) ever noticed let alone commemorated, excuse my blasphemy?!
Don’t know why assassins even bother. Just promote his vice. Vice gets shot, too? Now promote his vice (To be clear, by “vice” I mean the position-holder and not the habit…). What, the whole fungible chain of command was busted? No problemo! No gridlock, even. Surely there are protocols for such glorious occasions?
(“Jew murders Jew” is hardly the main point about Rabin, because even the “holy” mortar firing upon the Altalena, was um, well…)
Even kings, chosen for supposedly unique qualifications, can be swapped out: Zecharyahu, then Shalum (whom I don’t grasp why the Malbim Hoshea 8:4 praises), then Menachem ben Gadi. If you stayed away from the “Reshut” and had anything better to do than follow the stupid Mikveh news at the time, you might never even notice a change.
And why aren’t all Knesset members injected with the dangerously under-tested Corona vaccination post-haste, instead of frontline doctors, who might actually know something useful?
And why, when the state of Israel controlled only West Jerusalem, did anyone, except the pols themselves, think the Knesset should be moved to Tel Aviv so as not to be “too close” to the border?
Why, oh why, oh why?!
Maybe one of our readers can offer us dropouts a civics class to illuminate this puzzle.
P.S., Do politicians get personal Divine Providence, or just Hashgacha for the “species”, like their simian relatives?