You do not have to have the biggest sense of justice these days to feel that there is a double standard in the Israeli justice system, backed up by the leftist media and the demonstrators.
During the operation of the government before this one, run by Bennett and Lapid, the forces of justice were quick to react to any expressed threat against the leaders. But now the things that are said against the government, and especially against prime minister Netanyahu, are greeted with deafening silence, no matter how extreme.
Here are some standout examples of things that were said against Netanyahu. If they had been said against a prime minister not from the right, they would have rightfully earned those who said them visits from the prosecutor's office.
"Netanyahu is a clear danger, tangible and immediate, to the security of the state." This was said by the incoming head of the Labor party (now the Democratic party). He also said, "In addition to the external threats that the country has to deal with, we also have an internal threat in the form of the current prime minister of Israel."
The following were said at the ongoing demonstrations against the government, with the cheering approval of the assembled crowd. Ami Dror, one of the leaders of the Kaplan protests, was documented calling Netanyahu "Satan." But he did not stop there. "The name `Netanyahu' we will turn into a curse. We will certainly erase the memory of Netanyahu," (alluding to the terms applied to Amolek).
Another speaker called Netanyahu, "Enemy." He asked, "Is it you or Nasrallah who is the real enemy?" And he answered his own question. "I say it is you. You and your partners are all of the evil that exists in this state of ours."
Remember how sensitive they once were to calling someone a traitor? No more. Guy Zur said, "Netanyahu is a traitor who has turned into the enemy of the people."
One of the families whose father was seized and murdered in captivity, had this to say, "We are waiting with a hangman's noose. You are destroying our homes, our children, our future."
Words can kill but these words drew no reaction whatsoever from the official institutions.
"We demand that the necessary steps be taken — and quickly. Do it soon before it is too late." This was written in a letter from the attorney of the Likud party to the state's attorney general, Gali Baharav-Meira. He writes in his letter, "All the signs and simple common sense point to one clear conclusion: that they inciters intend to murder the prime minister and to harm his family. They say this openly!"
He includes a series of quotations: "He must be killed. It is a duty to kill him. He must be take out and killed. Bibi is a traitor. He is an enemy of the Jewish people. The Angel of death. Netanyahu should end up like Gadafi. Netanyahu should end up like Saddam Hussein."
"Madame Attorney General. The investigative and enforcing authorities of Israel must not ignore this danger. In every other country they would arrest those who incite this way and prosecute them. You must stop them."
Even president Herzog felt he had to speak out. "I am frightened over and over by these words of the worst kind, full of hatred, full of violence, that are thrown in to the public sphere in our community, with no responsibility and with no thought. Verbal violence is violence for all intents and purposes. These accusations of treachery can lead to murder. Have we not learned anything from our history?"
