The (reduced) Ministry of the Interior has been under attack since yesterday - following the suicide of Ariel Ronis, director of the Immigration and Population Authority office in Tel Aviv, who was accused by a Facebook user of racism - for the service provided at its branches.
But there are always good people, those who, precisely in difficult moments, are called upon to protect and surround with good deeds and warm words. One such person is Rabbi Chaim Dov Levinson, a journalist for Haaretz.
This is what Levinson wrote this morning on his Facebook page:
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""In the midst of criticism against the Ministry of the Interior, I also want to say a kind word: In 2006, when I worked at Yedioth Ahronoth, I assisted someone from the newspaper with a personal matter.
""After that, we went to the Ministry of the Interior on Shlomzion Hamalka Street to issue him a new ID card. At the entrance to the building, we saw the line and panicked.
""Then Israel Porush, now the mayor of Elad and then Meir's son who arranges things, came running towards me. We gave him 200 shekels - 100 for the certificate and another 100 for the service (don't ask me if it went to the clerk or to him). He went behind the clerks' section and a few minutes later returned with a new ID card.
""Don't say you don't know how to provide service there.".
• Mayor Elad's spokesman, what is his response?
""During the years preceding his current term, the mayor helped hundreds or even more applicants on many and varied issues. He sees this as a mission and a mitzvah. The mayor has never taken payment for his activities.".
• Levinson, what would you say?
""I am full of envy of the ultra-Orthodox politicians who are always willing to help, from small to large.".
