Just What We Need — Another Ministry, More Bureaucracy

December 6, 2006 - 10:04 PM by

There’s no way around it – the name of this blog is Israelity — thereby promising a connection with reality, and the reality right now is that very few people on both the left and the right and in between, for that matter, are particularly happy with the current situation and leadership in the country right now. The frustration is tangible in the Israeli blogs, and we’re going to bring it to you straight, rants and all. So without further ado, here’s Liza on the creation of the latest government ministry:

Whew! I must have just woken up from a very long, very bad dream. I dreamed that the President was accused of rape and sexual harassment, the Justice Minister was on trial for sexual harassment, and Israel went to war with Hizbullah (I mean, really! I had to dream that! How absurd to think that Israel would conduct an actual war with a terror organization!). I dreamed that Israel went back into Gaza, that Israeli soldiers were kidnapped, that Palestinian factions were firing Kassams at Sderot. I dreamed about strikes at the airport and general public-sector strikes. I dreamed that every time I turned around, Israel was in deeper and deeper, bother domestically and internationally, that poverty was getting worse and worse, that budget cuts were becoming increasingly harsh and once again taking a toll on the weakest sectors of our society.

Clearly, it must have all been part of some bizarre nightmare, and none of those things actually happened. Obviously, our national budget is balancing quite nicely, and we have some extra money in the coffers to play around with. I mean, what other plausible explanation could there possibly be for the government to give the go ahead for the creation of the Ministry of Magic Strategic Threats, a ministry which even the Attorney General admits that, “there exists a lack of clarity on the role of this ministry, and this considering the government’s decision that ‘the establishment of this office is not intended to reduce the authority of another minister in the domain of his or her ministry.” Twenty staff positions have been approved for this new ministry. Apparently, it takes that many pencil pushers to decide what this office is supposed to do (or maybe it’s just nineteen, and the twentieth individual will be in charge of taking food orders and making latté runs for the others).

There’s (lots) more – you can read it all here.

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One Comment on Just What We Need — Another Ministry, More Bureaucracy

  1. David on Thu, Dec 7th 2006 1:45 AM

    2. If ever there was a time for patriotic coalition partners to collapse the Olmert government it is now.

    The affect of the recent inept prosecution of military action in Lebanon has caused partial erosion of national self-confidence and most serious, a deterioration in the vital deterence factor.

    Deterence has always been a significant element in Israel’s defense posture – and for good reason. It takes years to build and cannot easily be recovered especially with a dithering and apologetic Prime Minister who places the lives of the enemy ahead of those of Jews.

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