All the dreams, hopes, aspirations, and desires of the representatives of the old elites in law enforcement, the media, academia, and culture were distilled into the image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu standing trial in the Jerusalem District Court.
The witness stand turned into their own therapist's couch. An immense load of psychopathic hatred was funneled into the broadcast from the court. The accusing elite and those in law enforcement who do their bidding were turned into defendants in an instant. A large majority of the people in this country have already realized that these are the last kicks of the Left before it sinks into a swamp.
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The well-known pundits who for years have been getting leaks from the investigation in exchange for favorable coverage (bribery?), as well as the anchors who are always hard on the Right and flatter the Left, continue to explain how wonderful law enforcement is and how it is proof against any criticism, unlike elected officials and most of the public, who haven't understood the great and historic roles played by Avichai Mendelblit, Shai Nitzan, Liat Ben Ari, and former police commissioner Roni Alsheikh. As if they were daring freedom fighters who are defending the last bastions of democracy.
The false glorification, without any desire to understand that they, like their decisions and conduct, have shattered the public's faith in the idea of law enforcement making disinterested decisions, harmed the principles of democracy, and could wind up grinding down the justice system. Much work must be done to remedy the situation.
Shai Nitzan and later Mendelblit, whose motives are still under wraps due to gag orders, made two giant mistakes. They failed to assess Netanyahu's willingness to fight to prove himself innocent, and also the wisdom of the masses, who are not impressed by the ridiculous indictment and what came before it. The public expressed its opinion in three elections and through the elected officials who attended the trial on Sunday to voice to the public's lack of faith in law enforcement's handling of the Netanyahu cases.
Mendelblit and Co. were convinced that Netanyahu would throw up his hands, break down, wave a white flag in the face of the black flags the prosecution was waving in the streets. They thought that Netanyahu would be incapable of mounting a worthy defense, that he had no money to fight the tens or hundreds of millions of shekels and enormous manpower invested in indicting him. Indeed, a person needs to be made of steel to stand up to a challenge of this magnitude. They didn't realize that a true leader, who is motivated by devotion to the nation, will not cave in or hesitate to confront all those who want a small, weak state within the 1967 borders. A large majority of the public wants Israel to be a superpower and believes that Netanyahu is making that dream come true.
The prosecution's feeling of power grew stronger after a report in the media said that one of Netanyahu's lawyers had suggested a plea bargain, not for any relevant reason, but because of the huge cost of his defense, the mental energy he would have to invest, and the misery of a lengthy trial process in which it would be hard to know to what expense the judges were influenced by the poison the media is hurling at them incessantly. The heads of the prosecutorial authorities did not believe that they would ever be required to prove a factual base for the indictments in court. The way they saw it, it made no difference, because none of them would be in the same roles and would not have to answer for themselves when the trial was over.
Now that the trial is underway, the prosecution and the hostile media should put a stop to the festival of leaks, tampering, and tainting. Let the trial be handled in court, and not on television. I get the impression that the judges are serious, and it is vital to liberate them from outside interests. I hope that the court spokespeople will also keep their own counsel. The appearance that justice is being done is no less important than justice itself. "Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness." (Isaiah 1:27)
