Q&A: Where Is the State Heading?
Where Is the State Heading?
Question
Hello Rabbi,
As someone who doesn't have the emotional strength to get into the filth of politics in all its details,
I wanted to ask: in your opinion, the situation—and I have no idea who is bad and who is good, who is right and who is mistaken—
but the situation in which Nadav Argaman, the former head of the Shin Bet, is supposedly threatening the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister is calling him a mafioso,
and also that the Prime Minister informs the head of the Shin Bet that he is ending his tenure, and he more or less announces that he has no intention of doing so—and again, I have no idea where the truth lies,
do you think this situation of chaos in the systems, and the fact that every right-wing feed justifies Netanyahu like a choir and every left-wing feed justifies the Shin Bet people,
where are we headed?
Is it no big deal?
Or perhaps the polarization and lack of integrity are endangering us to a degree that should cause real concern???
Is something happening here?
Answer
I don't understand the question. Obviously this is a very problematic situation. By the way, the Prime Minister did not fire him; he only announced that he intended to bring his dismissal to the government. And the head of the Shin Bet did not say that he was refusing to accept the dismissal, because there had been no dismissal. On the contrary, he said that if the government decides, he will respect it (as if he has any choice).
But the situation in the country is indeed very problematic.
Discussion on Answer
Definitely a dangerous situation.
What I meant in the question was,
at the level of the discourse and the general feeling, that the organizations are really being perceived as the side opposing the government,
and every organization is becoming part of a political camp—the police, the Shin Bet, the Mossad, the Attorney General,
where do you think this is heading?
Are we in serious danger?
Or is it just not a great situation, but everything is fine? Are the foundations of the state being undermined here?