Having likely realized his party of incitement and hatred is on the path to the trash bin of Israeli politics, Avigdor Lieberman is stressed out.
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Founded in 1999 and headed by Lieberman from Day 1, Yisrael Beytenu cannot point to one single achievement over the years. Good citizens that made aliyah from former Soviet states have for years served as pawns in the party leader's game. Lieberman has a unique ability to change the focus of his hatred and sling mud at various sectors in Israeli society. At one time, it was the disloyal Arabs, and then it was the "messianic" religious Zionists. Now, of course, it's the Haredim he refers to as a "piggish cult."
His stated desire to put the Haredim and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a wheelbarrow and toss them into the nearest landfill is proof Lieberman's hatred and rudeness are without limit. He will go down in Israeli political history as the person who pushed it to degenerate to record levels of hatred and disgust. More than anything else, the giggles in the television studios over Lieberman's remarks are symbolic of the miserable state of a biased media that specializes in spewing hatred everywhere.
It's no surprise, then, that Yisrael Beytenu and the Joint Arab List, parties that were once sworn enemies, are now natural partners. Both parties share a common goal: the disintegration of Israeli society from within. The Joint Arab List acts in the terror-supporting Palestinian Authority's interests, creating an ongoing and dangerous confrontation between Israel's Arab and Jewish citizens. Yisrael Beytenu incessantly incites Israeli citizens who hail from the former Soviet Union against the religious and Haredi sectors, thereby fanning the flames of hate for hatred's sake. This hatred was the cause of the Second Temple's destruction and now threatens the third.
Many of Lieberman's voters have issues with the issue of conversion and matters of religion and state. It turns out that petty politicians believe it's easier to earn votes through shared hatred. The immigrant community is wrong to think Lieberman's conduct will help them with the issues that matter most to them. The opposite is true. This antagonism will only make it harder to reach a resolution, and appropriate solutions must be reached through mutual consideration.
Yisrael Beytenu's voters are beginning to realize they're being used. My suggestion to them would be not to support a party that raises the banner of hatred. They are all too familiar with what hatred looks like where they come from. A million immigrants who came to Israel from the former Soviet Union have been well-assimilated and no longer need a sectorial political party that serves no one but its leader. We all came to Israel to build and be built, not to hate and destroy. The time has come to kick out hate and come together in love.
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