There was a false news message received by political commentator Amit Segal, stating that the government was likely to block the internet and social networks. This caused him to reflect on the reason behind the “national panic attack”. Segal explained in his weekly column for Yediot Ahronoth, the deep concerns of both sides of the fence and how this will impact the next election results. Segal classified the “panic” into two – the right and left sides of the political map. On one side, people are anxious about an Orthodox Halacha state, while on the other side, individuals believe all their fears are coming true. To summarize the conflict, Segal explained that it is the story of the Halacha state versus the deep state, but this was not the complete story. Although most polls indicate a significant erosion of the coalition’s power in favor of Benny Gantz’s state camp, Segal pointed out that no bloc has a government without some sort of unity. He predicted that in the upcoming elections, a new significant bloc would be formed that would offer unity.
A fake news message that reached the political commentator Amit Segal, in which it was written that the government is going to block the Internet and social networks, made him think about what is behind the “national panic attack”, according to him. In his weekly column in Yediot Ahronoth, Segal explains what the deep concerns of both sides of the fence are and how, in his opinion, this will affect the results of the next elections.
“In his eyes, all his fears come true”
“The national panic attack is in full swing,” wrote Segal in Toro, dividing the “panic” into two – the right and left sides of the map. “One wing is anxious about an Orthodox Halacha state, based on the demographic majority of the battle of knitted caps, black caps and pocket caps, without a liberal High Court to act as a babysitter,” he described.
Segal describes the anxieties on the other side of the political map, “in his eyes, all his fears are coming true” Segal wrote, and elaborated: “He hears former heads of organizations calling for obedience to the court and not to an elected government, sees the joining of capitalists, follows the evasion of reserve service in elite units, and sees that the High Court was only the tip of the iceberg. He is convinced that if they win this time, there is no more point in democracy.”
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“No bloc has a government without some kind of unity”
In an attempt to summarize the conflict, the political commentator wrote, “This is the story: the Halacha state versus the deep state,” but, according to him, this is still not the full story. Segal points out that almost all the polls indicate a significant erosion of the coalition’s power in favor of Benny Gantz’s state camp, “but all the polls, without exception, indicate something else,” he said, “no bloc has a government without some sort of unity.”
In the meantime, the political commentator presented his prediction for the next elections: “Unlike the previous four rounds, this is not necessarily a paralysis, but a statement” according to him, “assuming that Naftali Bennett returns, and Yossi Cohen warms to the lines, it is quite clear that in the upcoming elections a new, significant bloc will be formed , which will offer unity”.
Netanyahu, “It is quite clear that in the upcoming elections a new bloc will be formed” Photo: Amit Shabi/POOL