In the battle between left-wing propagandists in the media and the citizens' wisdom ahead of the last election, wisdom overcame the sophisticated system of fraud. A majority of media outlets enlisted in what they saw as a sacred effort to oust Benjamin Netanyahu from the Prime Minister's Office and transfer power to the sinking Left.
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In the battle, journalistic principles of ethics, integrity, and trustworthiness were cast aside. Facts were distorted, biased commentary was used to brainwash, and news and opinions were jumbled together. From early in the morning till late at night, political spin doctors tried but failed in their efforts. Many in the public quickly understood the attempts to lead them astray and recognized the efforts at consciousness engineering presented by biased polls. They had their say at the voting booths. All candidates who declared they were running for the premiership and were treated with kid gloves by the media earned Knesset seats in the single digits. The only reason Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid earned seats in the double-digits was because he listened to the guidance he was given and did not present himself as a candidate for the premiership. The Netanyahu-led Likud earned the highest number of seats, and millions of citizens, including those from other parties, saw him as the best suited for the role of premier.
One might have expected that following the publication of the election results, the media stars would line up and apologize for their attempts to meddle in an election campaign in the hope of ushering in regime change. That expectation was overblown. No revenge can compare to the revenge sought out by a journalist that has erred. As they see it, the elections aren't over. The cynicism, hypocrisy, and incitement are continuing in full force. Among those being lashed by the stars of the Left are journalists on the Right. Left-wing reporters are enlightened, advanced, and liberal, while reporters identified with the Right are Bibi supporters, primitive, Mizrahim, members of the periphery, and slaves to a cult of personality, they say. The cynics in the media who speak of coming together to heal are the forefathers of division, incitement, and polarization.
Unfortunately, in recent days, journalists supposedly aligned with the Right have joined the media's left-wing propagandists. Some propose that, in the name of unity, the Right be willing to join the opposition. Others claim Netanyahu isn't right-wing at all and is in fact responsible for the country's current political traffic jam. One can respect their opinions, but the timing is off. Perhaps they are simply jealous of their friends and would like to receive the media's stamp of approval for their support for pluralism and progress. Indeed, the elections forged a complicated political reality. There is no vision, no logic. Everything is personal. Parties that ahead of the elections presented themselves as more Right than the Right are now basing their decisions on hatred and prejudice. The Right's mechanism for self-destruction, the same mechanism that brought us the damned Oslo Accords, is infamous.
Now every political party head wants to position themselves as a kingmaker, or at the very least, put the blame for the lack of a right-wing government on someone else. It's a shame Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich, who is not naïve, is willing to allow the establishment of a right-wing government. He may very well have an interest in Yamina head Naftali Bennett going with the Left so that he himself becomes the leader of the religious-Zionist public. Lest Smotrich forgets, were it not for efforts by members of Likud, he would never have passed the electoral threshold to begin with. Elected officials from the Right must make every effort and rise above personal considerations to allow for the establishment of a right-wing government. Those who allow the path to a left-wing government to be paved will need to be able to justify their actions to their voters and offer their heartfelt apologies while they're at it.
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