Amit Segal, the political commentator of the news company, refers this morning (Fri) in his weekly column in “Yediot Ahronoth” to what is happening in the left camp. According to him, every time the leftist parties sat in the government, they lost their power in the subsequent elections because they are unable to compromise within the coalition. The one who benefits from the situation is the Yesh Atid party, which draws mandates from the left-wing parties.
“Member of Knesset Mossi Raz from Meretz recently drew my attention to an amazing fact: in the last fifty years, every left or center party that sat in the government lost its power in the following elections: the Alignment, Meretz, Labor, Kadima, the Center Party, the retirees, Shinio, Blue and White and who not. In the opposition you can guarantee everything, in the coalition you have to compromise nine times to achieve one achievement,” Segal began his words.
Meretz Photography: Flash 90
The higher the expectations, the deeper the slaughter
“The camp’s voters want to rule but not lose their right to lament and complain. They rule and cry. The Labor Party waited ten years to return to the government table. Meretz waited twice as long. According to every poll, the voters of both parties want with all their might to continue to hold on to power, at almost any ideological cost. And yet, after only a year, five of the six left-wing ministers flew home: Ministers Meretz Horowitz, Zandberg and Frij were hinted at and announced their retirement. Labor Ministers Bar Lev and Shay were not hinted at, and were sent to retirement this week by the officials. The height of the expectations, the depth of the slaughter,” Segal wrote.
Segal added, “Who is in their place? In Meretz, Zehava Galon, who led the party during its long years of opposition, returned to run. Opposite her is Yair Golan, whose career as Deputy Minister of the Economy was mainly focused on rude banter instead of taking steps for the consumer. While at work, those who put forward proposals for order were rewarded in the primaries , semi-viral plenary speeches and Facebook posts listed as a Twitter feed.”
The Labor Party after the fourth round elections Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90
On the right the executive roles are an asset, while on the left – an oppressive burden
Segal compared what is happening on the right and what is happening on the left. “In Likud, a ministerial position is like frequent flyer points: the flight in business buys itself. If you are promoted to minister, you will not soon be demoted. On the right, the executive positions are an asset, while on the left – an oppressive burden. In Meretz and Labor, at least in the current chapter of their lives, the government inspires a fear of heights: They want to be there, but when they arrive they rush to get down on their knees. Does anyone understand what is the terrible health or environmental failure that forced Horowitz and Zandberg to retire? And Bar Lev and Shay did not pay the price for the many nonsense they spewed during their tenure – and thank God there were quite a few – and were not removed from office Age background. They almost had no chance in advance. They were thrown because it is very easy to shout from the opposition, but to do it is more difficult.”
Segal added that there is one benefit from the entanglement of the left parties. “Nevertheless, there is one party that is about to break the fifty-year curse: Yesh Atid, the new ruling party, is getting stronger every two weeks with another mandate. It is absorbing the Labor and Meretz elites, those for whom Frige was not good enough, so they will vote in the next elections for Michal A song. Like the one who repeated the question, and explained to his parents the reason: when I was with the kippah, he explained, you told me the sins. Without it, tell me the mitzvot,” concluded Segal.