Last week was perhaps the busiest week for the sectarian demon.
The latter, who for years has been deep inside glass bottles sealed with their own corks, has freed himself and managed the minds, thoughts, and existence of all residents of the State of Israel.
It all started with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement on Election Day, which only sought to get more and more voters out of their homes and to the polls.
But it turns out that he tripped on his tongue when he said: "The right-wing government is in danger, Arab voters are moving in huge numbers to the polls, left-wing organizations are bringing them in buses.".
The call, which probably woke up some of the naysayers and brought the ruling party another mandate or two, also woke up the serial tongue-twisters who began denouncing and slandering the Prime Minister for the terrible and horrific racism in his words. And if anyone thought this was a joke or a bizarre condemnation from the edge of the map, the joining of both Presidents, Mr. Rivlin and Mr. Obama, in the round of condemnations proved to everyone that something terrible had really happened.
After him, to distinguish thousands of Havdals, it was Professor Amir Hezroni, a kind of well-known provocateur, who drove tens of thousands of people crazy with the shallow racist remarks he made.
For the benefit of the readers, we will refrain from quoting the scumbag who came out of the scholar's mouth, but we will say that his statements were a repulsive series of hatred of Mizrahi Jews that contained heavy touches of incitement to genocide.
The Mizrahi, in the professor's eyes, are nothing more than a misguided, stinking flock of sheep who accidentally arrived here in the State of Israel, and it is through his fault and only because of him that the right wing came to power. Oh, and Zamir.
The writers of the articles and statuses felt their day had come, and began responding with wit and sarcasm against the racist and anti-national rhetoric.
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But for some reason, the things failed to move me, not even 'pretend'.
The Prime Minister's "racist" statement seemed to me and still seems like a completely legitimate call, asking right-wing voters to come to the polls and cast their votes, since the opposing side is coming in droves.
The Prime Minister's request is nothing more than democracy at its best, in which elections are decided by the opinion of the people, and therefore it is only natural to ask that those identified with the right-wing faction also express their opinion at the ballot box and not just in the comfortable armchair at home.
And as for my yard? The sound of the cricket that comes from the garden in the evening bothers me more.
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But still, there was something in the last two stories that outraged me. And how!
The Prime Minister's outrage, condemnations, and publicized apology to the Arab sector are what made my blood boil, even more so.
Imagine, dear readers, that the announcement coming out of the Prime Minister's office on election day contained the sequence of words "the ultra-Orthodox public.".
Let's imagine for just a moment that in the statement Netanyahu issued to right-wingers, a sentence was said that is comparable in style to "the ultra-Orthodox are coming out in droves to vote.".
Would Mr. Obama have taken his long legs off the table for a moment and sent a message of condemnation?
Leave Obama alone.
Would His Excellency the President, Mr. Reuven Rivlin, criticize anyone?
Leave Rivlin alone.
Would we, the members of the Haredi public, even know about such a call?
Probably not.
No one would bother to release the video and inform the weary public in the State of Israel that Bibi said something. And even if they did, and even if someone received a private message from the friend of the spokesman for Yaakov's neighbor Asher with the video file in question, then we would smile shyly, pat ourselves on the back, and say: "Wow, look what this is, even Bibi understands something about - and did whatever he told us to do.".
And what if the singer Hetzroni had opened his mouth against "the disgusting ultra-Orthodox public that has occupied the State of Israel en masse and is influencing the election results" - would anyone even then have been aware of the professor's long, thinning hair? Would Hetzroni have received his annual share of attention from all of Israel?
Of course not!
The fact is, such statements are said, written, and uttered under every green tree and no one knows about it.
Because what can we do, we're just Haredim. Not Arabs, nor Mizrahi, nor right-wing. "Haredim" are just people who, if we're slandered or insulted, nothing will happen to anyone.
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I despise you intellectuals, I despise you hypocritical defenders.
Your condemnation is nothing more than a way to get into trouble at best and to gain publicity at worst.
And contempt for you, the initiators of the publicized apology to the Arab sector for statements that have nothing to do with it. And especially for legitimizing the humiliation of other large audiences in Israel without the need to apologize for it.
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