Fast Draw – When Ministers Fight

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The public disagreement between Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan, over the fact that Erdan’s office may or may not be necessary, is reaching new heights of childishness. This concerns the security of us all, but the disagreement itself is entirely emotional, not practical.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should have summoned the two ministers to his office a long time ago, and had them settle everything in 30 minutes or less. After 30 minutes have passed they should have reached a decision and implemented it immediately: Either shut down Erdan’s office or give him all the authority he needs in order to function.

As things stand right now we, the citizens, are the ones who suffer. This can’t continue for even one more day. It’s the Prime Minister who has the power to decide. Almost all of his cabinet ministers have one quality in common – they are incapable of implementing anything, which forces the Prime Minister himself to do everything.

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So why do we need them and their offices? Netanyahu can do everything while they can go home and relax. But that’s not going to happen. It must be made very clear, who exactly is in charge when it comes to home front defense – all that while Israel can, at any moment, become the target of hundreds of rockets and missiles.

As I’ve said in the past, Israel isn’t ready. Our home front couldn’t even respond properly to two rockets landing in central urban areas, certainly not to hundreds or thousands – which is not an unlikely scenario. Decision makers disagree, fight, insult one another – nothing is done, there are no solutions.

Somebody in the government fails to understand that being a minister doesn’t just mean a nice paycheck, a car and bodyguards. It means responsibility, but Israeli cabinet ministers seem to have forgotten. Unless Prime Minister Netanyahu reminds them of the fact they’ll keep on fighting, we’ll be helpless against an attack and it will all come down to another board of inquiry investigating the fiasco. This must end, now.

One more thing – the level of the argument between the cabinet ministers is very low, childish, even. Makes you wonder who exactly runs things in our little corner of the world.