Mickey Levy
@MKMickeyLevy · Israeli opposition & former officials
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Mickey Levy is a Yesh Atid MK and former speaker of the Knesset.
To see it and not believe it. Rioters are running wild, attacking, sowing fear, and the police are unable to restore order. A country cannot be run like this. A government that allows extremists to do whatever they please, while civilians and soldiers pay the price, is a government that has lost control and lost its sense of responsibility. There is no governance, no deterrence, and no justice or accountability. The government of Israel must come to its senses and restore security and order to the streets.
Translated from HebrewNow it is becoming clear just how deep the dereliction is. The Education Ministry knew that Haredi institutions were not meeting the core-studies requirements, imposed deductions totaling 103 million shekels on them—but in practice did not deduct a single shekel. 176 institutions are not meeting the core-studies requirements, and the state continues to pay. For months, we demanded that the Education Ministry disclose where the hundreds of millions of shekels earmarked for core studies are going and what is actually being taught in return. After the ministry refused to hand over the data, MK Moshe Kinley Tur-Paz @MosheTurpaz and I petitioned the High Court to compel it to disclose them to the public. Now it is clear why the Education Ministry tried so hard to hide them. This is a serious failure by the Education Minister, who is allowing this failure to continue under his responsibility and at the public’s expense. Public funds are not ownerless. Whoever does not meet the conditions will not receive funding as though they had met them.
Translated from HebrewThe justice minister and the speaker of the Knesset are calling on people not to heed the High Court’s ruling regarding holding a repeat vote in the election of the State Comptroller. Shame and disgrace. What are you intending to do, cause a crisis between the legislative and judicial branches? There are no limits. Menachem Begin, who said the immortal phrase “There are judges in Jerusalem,” is ashamed of his successors. Where has attorney Shagit Afik, the Knesset’s legal adviser, disappeared to? Are you also keeping silent in the face of the violation of the High Court’s ruling?
Translated from HebrewNot an inevitability, and not a war imposed on us. The paralysis of Ben Gurion Airport on one of the busiest days of the year symbolizes more than anything the rot that has spread through Likud rule. They do not even allow us to go on vacation. The main thing is that the transport minister’s plane left on time. Israel’s citizens deserve better, and it will come soon.
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