Media personality Menachem Horowitz, who is known for his knitting, has suggested that the Israeli government should cancel state events on both Memorial Day and Independence Day this year due to the existing rift in Israeli society. He believes that any confrontations at state ceremonies would be the last thing Israeli society needs at this time. In a published column on the Mako website, Horowitz argued that it is better for the government to cancel the events than to risk confrontations and actual violence. He states that the events are a prelude to a fratricidal war, no less. He further adds that everything will be painted in shades of protest and division, which is far from the Israeli vision. Horowitz concluded by urging people not to give up anything due to the protests or the fear of disagreement. Though he acknowledges that such a precedent is not a good thing, he suggests that they don’t break all the tools until the current crisis ends so that there is something left for the repair work.
The knitted media personality Menachem Horowitz believes that due to the rift in Israeli society, the Israeli government should consider canceling this year’s state events on Memorial Day and Independence Day. According to Horowitz, the last thing Israeli society needs right now is confrontations in state ceremonies.
In a column he published on the Mako website, Horowitz wrote, among other things: “It’s hard to think about it, of course to write it, but it seems that there is no choice: the Israeli government should consider canceling the state events of Memorial Day and Independence Day this year. A scenario where Memorial Day is for the fallen of Israel’s systems , the most sacred civil day in our country, becomes a focus of political friction and demonstrations, that any waving of the Israeli flag is interpreted as defiance, that bereaved families are on both sides of the barricade and mobilized for campaigns of both sides, a situation that may lead to shouting and even actual violence – such a scenario is simply too much For us as a country and a people. Such events are a prelude to a fratricidal war, no less.”
Horowitz added: “This year, as hard as it is to say, it will no longer happen. The beacon ceremony, the Bible quiz, the distribution of the Israel Awards – everything will be painted in shades of protest, of a country under division and the threat of a tear from home, the furthest from the Zionist and Israeli vision of all of us”.
“So no, you don’t have to give up anything because of protests or fear of disagreement. Of course, such a precedent is not a good thing, but someday this crisis will end, and it’s better for all of us that we don’t break all the tools until then, so that there is something left for the repair work.”