Saturday, February 11, 2006
2/11/2006 07:46:00 PM | 
Posted by
JoeSettler
I would describe the NU’s acquisition of the Mafdal as follows:
You’re hungry, you have a cold, and you’re eying a sandwich which looks like it might fill you up. You eat it, and despite your cold, it doesn’t taste quite right, but you’re not quite sure what. A few hours later you realize what you ate was old, rotten, spoiled and should have been thrown in the trash a long time ago.
Let’s look at the anatomy of this deal.
We have a party that evolved itself into dead-end insignificance by not properly representing the will of the public it was supposed to represent (unlike Meimad which never really had a large enough following to even be able to justify its continued independent existence).
Let’s look at Orlev’s last major epiphany - he would give up settlements to protect his State-Religious schools.
This man is an imbecile.
He would destroy hundred of schools and yeshivot (and Jewish communities) to protect his little dominion of State-Religious schools!
Torah education and Jewish communities are obviously far less important to him.
In all the years that Orlev and the Mafdal have meddled in the Ministry of Whatever, besides running (and ruining?) his State-Religious schools, what has he done for the rest of the Jewish population of this State?
Doesn’t every Jewish student in this country deserve to receive a quality education about Torah and Judaism (I’m not talking proselytizing, I’m talking removing ignorance, hate and having a decent background as to why you are even in this country), or are they simply to be written off?
Based on Mafdal’s success rate I’d say their seat in the government is the only thing really important to them.
So now, the NU saved Mafdal from a well-deserved, timely demise - but at what price?
Orlev gets the first Minister’s seat offered to the NU union (if any is offered at all). Wonderful! Four more years wasted on a seat warmer.
Orlev will look to get out of the union as soon as he deems possible, taking at least 4 undeserved seats with him.
Aryeh Eldad is pushed down to the ninth position – most unfair to this excellent legislator.
Over Shabbat many people told me they won’t vote for the NU now, because they absolutely don’t want Mafdal.
Pass the Di-gel.
You’re hungry, you have a cold, and you’re eying a sandwich which looks like it might fill you up. You eat it, and despite your cold, it doesn’t taste quite right, but you’re not quite sure what. A few hours later you realize what you ate was old, rotten, spoiled and should have been thrown in the trash a long time ago.
Let’s look at the anatomy of this deal.
We have a party that evolved itself into dead-end insignificance by not properly representing the will of the public it was supposed to represent (unlike Meimad which never really had a large enough following to even be able to justify its continued independent existence).
Let’s look at Orlev’s last major epiphany - he would give up settlements to protect his State-Religious schools.
This man is an imbecile.
He would destroy hundred of schools and yeshivot (and Jewish communities) to protect his little dominion of State-Religious schools!
Torah education and Jewish communities are obviously far less important to him.
In all the years that Orlev and the Mafdal have meddled in the Ministry of Whatever, besides running (and ruining?) his State-Religious schools, what has he done for the rest of the Jewish population of this State?
Doesn’t every Jewish student in this country deserve to receive a quality education about Torah and Judaism (I’m not talking proselytizing, I’m talking removing ignorance, hate and having a decent background as to why you are even in this country), or are they simply to be written off?
Based on Mafdal’s success rate I’d say their seat in the government is the only thing really important to them.
So now, the NU saved Mafdal from a well-deserved, timely demise - but at what price?
Orlev gets the first Minister’s seat offered to the NU union (if any is offered at all). Wonderful! Four more years wasted on a seat warmer.
Orlev will look to get out of the union as soon as he deems possible, taking at least 4 undeserved seats with him.
Aryeh Eldad is pushed down to the ninth position – most unfair to this excellent legislator.
Over Shabbat many people told me they won’t vote for the NU now, because they absolutely don’t want Mafdal.
Pass the Di-gel.
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