Yoaz Hendel
@YoazHendel1 · Israeli opposition & former officials
Yoaz Hendel is an Israeli historian and politician.
Listen and understand what Israel's government should look like. Statesmanship, not blather. Einat from the Reservists Party and the Economic Party. We need her.
Translated from HebrewListen to Einat. This is what a determined struggle for the State of Israel looks like. Where is she and where is the current Knesset?
Translated from HebrewFor the past four years I have been outside the political system. About a year ago we founded the Reservists Party. I very much wanted an alliance with Chili; he is a brother and a friend. We chose different paths; I respect him and his choice. The Reservists Party is continuing on its path. I believe in this path. A Zionist government without Haredi and Arab parties, a conscription law, governance, not letting the State of Israel fall apart. The alliance with Zelekha and HaKalkalit addresses two major pains: the burden on those who serve and the economic burden of the high cost of living. Conscripts should receive more while their peers evade service. Reservists should receive much more and draft evaders nothing. And such plans must be accompanied by an economic foundation. We are repeatedly crossing the electoral threshold. You should take reality seriously. There is a huge constituency that does not want the rush to additional elections; it is asking for a party to lead this area. If it is offered only a Netanyahu government with Haredi parties or an Eisenkot government with the Arab parties—it is lost. And to the cynics who say again: it is only four seats. It is just luck once again. It is not luck; we checked countless times. There is a change in reality here. There is no point voting for the large parties; they are leading to additional elections without the ability to form a government. I call on Benny Gantz to do the right thing and withdraw. This harms the effort to create an alternative that will bring about a Zionist government. Benny Gantz is a worthy man with many merits in the country, even if there are ideological differences. No one will take away from him the sacrifices he has made over the years. I am convinced that he will soon return to public life. Now is the time to recognize reality and be brave. There is no point in holding on to a mandate that could go to the Reservists Party—the Economic Party. The only party that crosses the electoral threshold. Let us take on this task quietly. Grow in order to ensure a stable Zionist government. For the sake of the country and the people we both love so much. Like good reservists, we take it upon our shoulders. We are coming to shake up the system regarding those who serve and in the fight against the high cost of living. To establish a Zionist government and save the State of Israel
Translated from HebrewOnly with the reservists and the Economic Party is there a Zionist government.
Translated from HebrewAnother poll in which we make it through. The decisive point in Israeli politics. And the only chance to prevent additional elections.
Translated from HebrewThis day ended with a poll in which the Reservists and the Economic Party* are passing with 4 seats. It began with great heartbreak. I respected Hili’s decision to move to Eisenkot and the Change Bloc, but in my view this is a mistake. Hili is a friend and a brother through and through. Still, on the national level, the only place where I see a chance to get the country out of the mud is in the third bloc. In an area where people deal matter-of-factly with reality. That’s it, we are left there alone. Winter committed to the Netanyahu bloc and the Haredim, and the rest in the bloc that depends on the Arab parties. After Hili decided to leave, the connection with the Economic Party was born. A technical connection because of our system, but it also has sound logic. A struggle for national security and economic security. Those who go out and fight for their home while the Haredi parties encourage draft evasion are also the ones who pay the mortgage and the shopping cart at the supermarket. The two most important issues for Israel’s citizens. Yes, you can say it is only 4 seats. It isn’t. There are young people who don’t know how to poll them, and there are many, many more who want change.
Translated from HebrewThis is only the beginning
Translated from HebrewThe reservists are going all the way. Welcome to Zelekha and the Economic Party
Translated from HebrewI’m returning now from Moshav Hatzeva, where my son’s new school, “Adam VeAdama,” is located. For children with excess energy and a love of the land. They work in agriculture every day from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. before school, with lots of values in between. They opened the year with a journey from the Carmel, a nighttime ride, and their first work in the morning. There are still places at the schools spread from the Golan Heights to Nitzana, for parents looking for Zionism, land, and heads in the clouds for their children. Shabbat shalom
Translated from HebrewA conversation of three bereaved siblings amid the shouting of the extremist Haredim. So much pain and hope that we will succeed in repairing things
Translated from HebrewThe army needs soldiers and says so at every opportunity. Why is Deri lying? There is no greater disconnect than this. Reservists are grinding through hundreds of days, even now. There is no excuse for the mass evasion. It is forbidden to form a government with non-Zionist parties. This is a message to Winter: Whoever sits in a government with the Haredim and Netanyahu will never pass a conscription law.
Translated from HebrewWhile dozens of regular and reserve battalions are going to remain at the front during the holidays, far from home, because there is no choice, Goldknopf is demanding that the deserters be released for the holidays. This disconnect is unbearable. To all those planning to sit in a government with Goldknopf: Does this seem logical to you? I call on all the Zionist parties to announce that they will not cooperate with them, and I call on the Haredi sector to make sure it has more worthy public representatives.
Translated from HebrewThere are those who go against the current. The Haredi parties are choosing the path of the extremist factions, instead of the path of these good people. It is time to put an end to this disconnect.
Translated from HebrewThe people of Israel truly demand something new.
Translated from HebrewAnother heretic from Shas’s production line. I wish him to return to repentance and become a kosher Zionist. The Haredi parties have been working for far too long to weaken and harm the IDF. There is no justification whatsoever for cooperating with non-Zionist parties that undermine the foundation of the State of Israel’s existence. I wish us all that the Haredi public will come to its senses and bring Moti Leitner in at the expense of the non-Zionist groups.
Translated from HebrewIn 2021 we got an illustration of the danger of an eighth front. Lod was a war zone in the center of the country then. To this day, no one has investigated and tried to draw lessons. This is how we end up with stories about crocodiles instead of work plans and achievements. We have no privilege of giving up on governance.
Translated from HebrewGood luck to all the righteous who reported for a mitzvah war!
Translated from HebrewWho should the government rely on? The Haredi parties, the Arab parties, or the reservists?
Translated from HebrewThe reality on the ground decides. There is nothing like our people. Shabbat shalom
Translated from HebrewI disqualify non-Zionist parties. Based on a rational decision. There is no chance of passing a conscription law with the Haredi parties, and no chance of forming a minority government with Abbas, who still does not recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization. This is not racism. There is no such race of people who do not serve. And regarding Amnon, politeness is not weakness. I was invited to an interview; it is customary to let the interviewee answer. If you think the audience with us is not important, don't invite us, don't ask questions. Ignore us. It always works.
Translated from HebrewWinter: With Netanyahu and the Haredim, we do not prevail on the battlefield
Translated from HebrewThe determined struggle to defend the homeland and provide service for everyone, without distinction, requires us to honor those who serve when it is harder. There are Druze, Muslim, and Christian fighters, and this time I want to ask for your help for a fighter who was a Lithuanian yeshiva student in Bnei Brak and decided to leave and enlist in combat service. The good news is that he is getting married. Alongside this, because of the social and personal price he has paid, he is in financial distress. To fund his return to life, a group of good people decided to help him do it properly. A gap of about 50,000 shekels remains to be filled. Anyone who can contribute, please contact Rafi; there is a way to donate under Section 46 0549542090
Translated from HebrewLet anyone who has attacked us since the establishment of the state, and certainly after 7/10, know that the result will be a Nakba. The remarks of Mansour Abbas reveal not only that he cannot be a member of the government, but also that he is unfit to be a member of the Knesset.
Translated from HebrewIt turns out that, in order to earn a living, it is possible to be part of the security system. Not even yeshiva students, but Haredi women. Gur Hasidism, which leads the struggle for mass draft evasion in the Knesset of Israel, is an illustration of the insane absurdity and mass desecration of God's name. As long as anti-Zionist parties, Haredi or Arab, are in the government, we will not succeed in repairing the State of Israel.
Translated from HebrewI congratulate Winter on entering politics. He is a worthy man. I call on him to declare that he will sit only in a Zionist government with Zionist parties. A new force that sits with Haredi parties and Netanyahu in the old bloc will not do anything new. It will not increase the size of the army, but only encourage old decisions about mass evasion of military service.
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