A question as elections approach
Anyone who has been reading the news regarding Israel the last few days has  no doubt noticed that, as the Gaza War seems to finally be relatively fading into the background, the top stories have now begun to focus on Israel’s elections, scheduled to take place on February 10th.
As the columns have begun to pour in with various pieces of input on who/which party would best serve the country, one particular article glaringly stuck out to me. The article, a seemingly ordinary piece speculating on the number of Arab party members who will possibly be part of the next Knesset, doesn’t seem to be anything special at first glance. However, when I really stopped to look at it, I couldn’t help but be greatly disturbed about a nagging issue that has bothered many reasonable people for decades. Namely, why in the world would any country allow any members of their sworn enemies to sit in the government and be allowed input into issues dealing with said country’s well being.
To repeat, I know this is not a ground breaking realization that I had but I do think that it is just as absurd today as it was when the question was first raised probably some time ago.
No self respecting sovereign nation would ever even consider such a situation and hopefully some of the decision makers are just as dumbstruck as I was when they read such articles.
Let’s hope that of all countries, Israel, the holiest place on earth, will eventually see the error of their ways and defeat any motion that allows our mortal enemies to have a say in our national affairs.
Good luck at the polling stations.
 Ari
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