Let’s investigate leftists. It actually makes sense

Ami Kaufman By Ami Kaufman January 5, 2011 | Edit
It just doesn’t end. It’s as if there’s no recess. Honestly, I feel like driving up to Jerusalem and asking the guys in “parliament” to slow down for a second. Just give me a break. Please, can I just have a breather for a few days without you guys pushing Israeli “democracy” further down the hill?

Today, the Knesset decided “to support a panel of inquiry to investigate certain groups suspected of ‘delegitimizing’ the Israel Defense Forces”, as Haaretz reports:

“The plenum’s approval means that the initiative will now be taken to the Knesset House Committee for debate. The initiative proposes investigating the sources of funding for these left-wing groups, and to determine whether money is being funneled from foreign states or organizations linked to terror activities.”
You know what? It actually makes sense. Really.

Yes. Let’s investigate left wingers.
But let’s not investigate the people that are OK with an Interior Minister who allowed the Israeli Fire Service to remain staffed and equipped as if it was made for a small town in rural Transylvania. Nah, that wouldn’t make any sense.

Yes. Let’s investigate left wingers.
But let’s not investigate the people who let holocaust survivors in Israel die in poverty and hunger. Nah, that wouldn’t make any sense.

Yes. Let’s investigate left wingers.
But let’s not investigate the people who say they’re a light to all nations, but will kick you out if your skin is dark. Nah, that wouldn’t make any sense.

Yes. Let’s investigate left wingers.
But let’s not investigate the people who allow rabbis to order Jews not to rent or sell property to Arabs. Nah, that wouldn’t make any sense.

Yes. Let’s investigate left wingers.
But let’s not investigate the people who send Jonathan Pollak to jail, while Michael Ben Ari, Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben Gvir roam the streets freely. Nah, that wouldn’t make any sense.

Yes. Let’s investigate left wingers.
But let’s not investigate the people who fired heaps of tear gas directly at an unarmed demonstrator, hitting him in the chest and killing him. Nah, that wouldn’t make any sense.

Yes. Let’s investigate left wingers.
But let’s not investigate the people who two years later shot commercial amounts of U.S. made tear gas that caused the former victim’s sister to die of asphyxiation. Nah, that wouldn’t make any sense.

Yes. Let’s investigate left wingers.
But let’s not investigate the people who abhor the word “apartheid” but are perfectly fine with millions of people living under their rule without civil rights for 43 years. Nah, that wouldn’t make any sense.

Yes. Let’s investigate left wingers.

I think it’s about bloody time.

(h/t Ouriel Daskal)

Ami Kaufman

Ami Kaufman was chief night editor for Haaretz, for the prominent Israeli financial daily Calcalist, and correspondent on Israeli affairs for 93.6 RAM FM, a joint Palestinian-Israel radio station. His interest in food and cooking led to culinary studies at the "Israeli CIA" (Tadmor, Herzliya) and a brief stint in the restaurant business. Born in Tel Aviv, Ami lives in Bat Yam with his wife and two daughters. In his spare time he blogs at Half & Half.

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