Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "i24NEWS English" channel.

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  43. In 1989, in Sheffield, England, crushing crowds killed 97 people, and injured 766. At no time did anyone think to blame Thatcher, the PM. In 2008, when the local regional council tried to limit the size of the event, the Haredim just ignored them. The high court blocked other attempts to control crowd size, after the Knesset voted in favor of a resolution, to do so. The former mayor of Meron, tried for two decades, to limit crowd size, and prevent illegal buildings, such as an ad hoc hostel, from blocking the narrow alleyways. Each attempt was answered with anger and defiance, from the Haredim. Due to Covid-19, in 2020, the government attempted to limit the crowd to 3,000, the Haredim ignored all requests to observe sensible public health measures. The local police and fire departments sent letters to the Haredi councils, responsible for organizing this event, telling them it was unsafe to have such large crowds, without adding three more emergency exits. All governmental attempts, both regional and national, were either ignored, rebuffed or blocked in court. The only governmental agency, nominally responsible, was the Ministry of Religious Services, which on Lag B'Omer 2020 was headed by Yitzhak Vaknin, of the Shas party. He resigned a few days after the disaster. If any member of government, is to blame, it is Vaknin, not Netanyahu. But, the real culprits are the high court, who blocked all safety measures, and the Haredim, for pig headedly ignoring all pleas to observe safety measures.
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  46. Dr. Kedar truly understands the problems Israel faces, and has a firm grasp on reality. As usual he is concise and correct, except about how many seats Smotrich brings. In that, Bellos is spot on. If not for Netanyahu asking Ben Gvir to form a temporary bloc with Tziunot Datit, Smotrich would not have crossed the threshold. He only has 7 seats to bargain with because of Ben Gvir's patriotic generosity. Smotrich needs to tamp down his ego, and do what is good for the state, as Ben Gvir has. Bellos is correct, that Israelis don't want to have to live in a strictly halachic fashion. It is already disturbing enough that the Kotel area has been divided. But, Likud still holds the most seats, and Netanyahu would not allow that. Even most Haredi don't want that. Look at what happened in Beit Shemesh, where some of the more extreme males decided to segregate the sidewalks, one side for men, the other for women. A new mayor, a Haredi woman, was elected, who put an end to that nonsense. Why do they continue to have this Oppenheimer idiot on? He has never utter a true statement in his life. He persists in believing whatever nonsense he was indoctrinated with, and ignoring reality. "Representation of the wrong" is a good label for him. His constant interruptions are infuriating. What is the value of the opinion of an idiot, whose stupidity most of the country has rejected? It is clear, that giving up land for peace only brings terror, and that the poorly conceived Oslo Accord is dead. Israelis need to be able to live safely, in their homeland, and build homes. There are plenty of Arab states, where Jews either may not live or are oppressed, Israel needs to be a Jewish state, all of it, including all of Aza, Yudah and Shomron.
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