Yoaz Hendel
@YoazHendel1 · Middle East
Yoaz Hendel is followed by Storyz World for government and public service coverage connected to Israel in the Middle East chapter.
For 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 Hili; he is a brother and a friend. We chose different paths, and 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, and not allowing the State of Israel to fall apart. The alliance with Zelicha and the Economic Party addresses two major pain points: 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 evaders nothing. And programs like these must be accompanied by an economic foundation. We are crossing the electoral threshold again and again and again. You should take reality seriously. There is a huge audience that does not want the rush to additional elections; it is asking for a party to lead this camp. 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 think 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. There is no point in voting for the large parties; they lead 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 state, even if there are ideological differences. No one can take away from him the sacrifices he has made over the years. I am convinced 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 seat that could go to the Reservists Party—the Economic Party. The only party that is crossing the electoral threshold. Let us take on this task quietly. To grow in order to ensure a stable Zionist government. For the state and the people that we both love so much. Like good reservists, we are taking it onto our shoulders. We are coming to shake up the system in its treatment of 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 HebrewToday ended with a poll in which the Reservists and the Economic Party are crossing with 4 seats*. It began with great heartache. I respected Hili’s decision to move to Eisenkot and the Change Bloc, but in my view that is a mistake. Hili is a friend and a brother through and through. Still, at the national level, the only place where I see a chance of getting the country out of the mud is in the Third Bloc. In an area where people deal with reality matter-of-factly. That’s it, we were left there alone. Winter committed to the Netanyahu and Haredi bloc and to the other bloc that obliges the Arab parties. After Hili decided to go, the connection with the Economic Party was born. A technical alliance because of our system, but there is also sound logic to it. A struggle for national security and economic security. Those who go out and fight for home while the Haredi parties encourage evasion are also the ones paying 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 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 of service. A government must not be formed 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 will remain at the front over 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 Zionist parties to announce that they will not cooperate with them, and I call on the Haredi sector to ensure that it has more worthy elected officials.
Translated from HebrewAnother heretic from Shas's workshop. I wish him to repent and become a proper Zionist. The ultra-Orthodox parties have been acting for far too long to weaken and harm the IDF. There is no justification for cooperating with non-Zionist parties that undermine the foundation of the State of Israel's existence. I wish us all that the ultra-Orthodox public will come to its senses and bring in Moti Leitner at the expense of the non-Zionist groups.
Translated from HebrewIn 2021, we got a demonstration of the danger posed by the eighth front. Lod was a war zone in central Israel. To this day, no one has investigated and tried to draw lessons. This is how we end up with tales about crocodiles instead of work plans and achievements. We cannot afford to give up on governance.
Translated from HebrewI rule out 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 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 be allowed to answer. If you think the audience with us is not important, do not invite, do not ask questions. Ignore it. It always works.
Translated from HebrewWinter, with Netanyahu and the ultra-Orthodox, we do not decide the battle on the battlefield.
Translated from HebrewLet whoever attacks us know that from the establishment of the state, and certainly after 7/10, the result will be a Nakba. Mansour Abbas’ words reveal not only that he cannot be a member of the government, but also that he is not worthy of being a member of the Knesset.
Translated from HebrewSo it turns out that, for the sake of earning a living, one can be part of the security establishment. Not even yeshiva students, but Haredi women. Gur Hasidism, which is leading the struggle for mass draft evasion in the Israeli Knesset, is an illustration of the insane absurdity and a mass desecration of God’s name. As long as anti-Zionist, Haredi, or Arab parties are in the government - we will not succeed in fixing 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, only encourage old decisions about mass draft evasion.
Translated from HebrewWhile the transport minister is out sightseeing, tens of thousands of Israeli citizens are stuck for hours amid chaos at Ben Gurion Airport. The ruling party is run by the major labor unions and Haredi functionaries; this is one of the reasons for the constant stammering when it comes to maintaining law and order. This is what the biggest engine of chaos here looks like. This chaos does not stop at Ben Gurion Airport—it also reaches the Negev and the Galilee. When the government stammers, the result is a lack of control, and the citizens are the ones who pay.
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