Oded Forer
@oded_forer · Israeli opposition & former officials
Oded Forer is a Yisrael Beiteinu MK and former Agriculture Minister.
You can destroy a country without closing a single factory. It is enough to abandon its children. 32 points!!! This is the plunge of Israeli students in mathematics and science. This is not just an educational failure. It is a ticking economic bomb. Today's children are tomorrow's engineers, entrepreneurs, and taxpayers. When education collapses, the economy, innovation, and growth collapse with it. Netanyahu and Kisch have not merely failed in education. They are mortgaging our children's future. But it can be different. The government Avigdor Lieberman will form will put education at the top of the national priorities: core studies for everyone, investment in teachers, excellence in mathematics, science, and English, and preparing our children for tomorrow's world.
Translated from Hebrew50 million shekels. Half a year. 100 products. That is the entirety of Nir Barkat’s solution to the cost of living. And Barkat knew in advance that this would not lower prices in Israel. He knew the campaign was temporary. He knew the other chains would not lower prices. He knew that after a few months Israelis would go back to paying the same outrageous prices for their shopping basket. But that did not bother him. Because he was not trying to solve the cost of living. He was trying to create a headline for himself. This is not how an economy is run. This is how you do public relations at the expense of citizens. Want to lower prices for real? Give small businesses space on the shelves. Open the market to a variety of products. Give consumers the ability to choose and compare. Barkat did not lower the cost of living. He simply cut 50 million shekels from the public’s pocket for his own PR.
Translated from HebrewOnce again, this government proves that it is above the law and answerable to no one. Now it has chosen to abuse the citizens who suffered the hardest blow. Remember the direct hit by the Iranian missile in Bat Yam more than a year ago? 9 dead, dozens wounded, entire buildings completely destroyed, and around 450 families left homeless. Now, just before their rehabilitation plan finally enters the fast track that would allow them to rebuild their homes, Transportation Minister Miri Regev has decided to hold everything up. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the Transportation Ministry pulls out new demands totaling 135 million shekels - an underground parking garage and street upgrades, some of which are not even connected to the destruction site! The result is that the rehabilitation plan was removed from the government decision, and in practice, if the decision is not adopted by Sunday, the entire complex will not be able to enter the category of a rehabilitation complex under the dedicated law enacted for this purpose. Instead of giving residents who lost their homes the opportunity to rebuild their lives as quickly as possible, this government and Miri Regev are condemning them to many more years in the bureaucratic maze. A government that has forgotten its citizens is an illegitimate government.
Translated from HebrewThe free market wins. The only party in the Knesset committed to a right-wing economy and a free market is Yisrael Beiteinu. We need to understand that this is the only way to lower the cost of living
Translated from HebrewNetanyahu built an entire career for himself on the title “Mr. Security.” Now it is becoming clear once again how far this title is from reality. While the IDF was fighting Hamas during Operation Protective Edge, Netanyahu, according to the report, conducted contacts with a senior Hamas official behind the backs of the IDF chief of staff and the Mossad director. The man who preaches to the public about loyalty, security and leadership himself maintained a channel with the enemy during wartime and concealed it from those who are supposed to protect the country. Netanyahu lies to everyone, to his electorate, to his supporters and to those who are not. In short, to every citizen of the State of Israel. “Mr. Security”? Perhaps above all, Mr. Public Relations.
Translated from HebrewNetanyahu, how many more terror kites will it take before you stop containing terror? Every day we see another kite reaching the Gaza border area. Another attempt to test us. Another step toward turning terror into routine. We have already had enough of the empty threats from Israel Katz and you. The government's conduct is a complete return to the October 6 conception. Instead of stopping terror when it begins, the government waits for it to become routine. Netanyahu, we've seen this movie before. We know how it ends. Don't be a kite
Translated from HebrewKite terror is back, and the failed government is returning to the conception that led to 7.10.
Translated from HebrewThis past weekend, we marked 900 days since Himanut Kassao, a 9-year-old girl from Safed, went missing. We must not come to terms with this. In my capacity as chair of the Knesset Immigration and Absorption Committee, I have not let Himanut's case go for a moment. From the first day, I demanded answers, raised the issue again and again, and I will continue to do everything in my power so that the searches and efforts do not stop. But today must be a Wake Up Call for all of us. Because if we get used to Himanut being missing, if we move on, if the issue disappears from the agenda, we are failing. Himanut is not only the child of the Kassao family. Himanut is the child of us all. I call on the police, the Shin Bet, and all state authorities: Do not let this go. Do everything to find her. Nothing is more important. And I call on you as well: Do not let this go.
Translated from HebrewAgain, the female observers are warning. Again, the terrorists are testing the boundaries. And again, those at the top are hesitating. After October 7, the very possibility that we are returning to this pattern is inconceivable. Hamas is testing us. The female observers are warning, and the failed October 7 government must provide answers about this now, not at the commission of inquiry after the next disaster. We have already paid an inconceivable price for a failed doctrine, disregard for warnings, and hesitation. This time, it cannot be said that they were not warned.
Translated from HebrewIn recent years, Likud has turned from a national-liberal party into a light Haredi party (מחל). Yesterday, Dafna Liel revealed that thousands of Haredim are registering as Likud members. Hasidic dynasties control thousands of votes in the primaries. And then we hear the chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee say: “You cannot force people to enlist in the IDF.” Understand this: when Bismuth needs their votes in the primaries, he also needs to provide them with the return. An exemption from enlistment. It does not matter that they are not Likud voters. They registered in an organized manner and turned Likud voters into suckers who put the Haredi commander’s soldiers into the Knesset. Bismuth and his colleagues have become soldiers of the various Hasidic courts, while IDF soldiers, in regular service and in the reserves, pay the price. This is no longer Begin and Shamir’s Likud. This is the Likud of the rabbis’ courts, which have become chiefs of staff of the deals in the primaries. Our female and male fighters pay the price of these deals. The State of Israel pays it. It is time to return the state to those who fight to defend it.
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