Bibi's Blog: Replace the government now

Almost a year has passed since the morning that Hizbullah surprised the whole country and forced a war upon us.

All of a sudden, a million citizens in the North found themselves under a rain of rockets and missiles the Israeli home front had never experienced.

Almost a year has passed since last summer in which the whole nation witnessed a chain of malfunctions by a failing government.

At the beginning of the war, the government established proper objectives, starting with the removal of the rocket threat and the returning of our kidnapped soldiers – Eldad Regev and Udi Goldwasser.

Regretfully, it failed: our kidnapped soldiers in the North, just as Gilad Schalit in the South – were not freed. And what about Hizbullah? It already surpassed its pre-war level of armament, while they and their patrons – Iran and Syria – bluntly ignored UNSC Resolution 1701.

Despite our warnings, a second pro-Iranian enclave (“Hamastan”) arose in the South.
In both fronts, there was no real advancement in fixing the security defects of the home front discovered during the war.

A year has passed and the nation has been left with a strong sense of discomfort and unease. The country is stuck. Much of the population is feeling a lack of leadership while the leaders are dealing with self-survival instead of statesmanship.

We are hearing of plans for more concessions instead of leading the nation towards safety while adopting a true understanding of reality.

Israel has already made two mistakes in the past seven years by unilaterally withdrawing from Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. This unilateral policy has distanced us from peace instead of bringing us closer to it.

The Palestinians and our other neighbors will choose a path of co-existence and peace only when they understand that the existence of Israel is a solid fact, and that they are facing a country that is unbelievably strong politically, militarily, economically, and socially.

Therefore, today we are in need of a national security plan, made up of fortification of our strength and motivation of foreign governments and public opinion to act against Iran and its affiliates. It seems as if there’s too little being done on this matter. Iran’s president declares his plan to wipe Israel off the map, yet we do not hear an outcry. In addition, Israel’s voice is weak and hesitant.

We need a dramatic change in this aspect but we must also remember that a continuation of economic growth is vital in order to establish our crucial interests. A strong economy will also ensure that Israel’s social needs are met. Only a free market economy alongside a social perceptive can support a modern country and society, and this is our policy.

Every citizen who can be part of the work force should be, this is the only way to help those who are weak, elderly, handicapped or sick.

The government should encourage employment, lower taxes, while strengthening the middle class and providing excellent education for all.

We should adopt an approach of mutual assistance alongside personal responsibility. The current government is not doing any of the above. It treads with no policy and it seems that all government institutions are paralyzed.

A government inherits its authority from the people and this government’s roots of authority have dried up. We must regain the nation’s trust.

I believe that in the coming elections the nation will give it’s trust and confidence to the only party that chooses sane, reasonable and responsible policies – the Likud.

In this case I will ask all of the leaders of the Zionist parties to establish a unity government, which will act in accordance with the Likud’s policy and deal with the major challenges that are still ahead of us.