Old Grudge Surfaces Behind Social Unrest

"Daphni Leef: I'm Not a Leftist!"
Social protest leader Daphni Leef tells Arutz Sheva: I'm not a leftist. There's no right or left in this protest, just people.[sorry, the title got omitted]

This sounds so courageous and altruistic. But is it really honest?

“At the end of the day the most important message I have to say is that we want a social budget,” she added. “It’s very very important. We want as wide a public discourse as possible around this issue because we want to be part of the change and I call on all viewers of Arutz Sheva to come out of their homes, vote with their feet and understand that there’s no more right or left in this story. There are just people.”

But this smells of collusion. She works for a company that finances anti-Israel measures, and lives in a wealthy area of Tel Aviv, and she criticizes Netanyahu, as if he is the only Prime Minister for the last 60 some odd years.

"Leaf reaped a great deal of criticism when it was discovered that she lives in the wealthy neighborhood of Kfar Shmaryahu and when Maariv commentator Erel Segal publicized that she works as a video editor for the New Israel Fund. At a well publicized speech during the protests, she claimed: "“Bibi broke the camel’s back"."

Bibi broke what camels back? It was the Egyptian gas pipeline that was broken deliberately (several times). And the camels are in Saudia Arabia.

Bibi as Minister of Finance was responsible for bringing fiscal balance to a budget that was limping for many years. But, maybe, this 'old' grudge over a "social safety net" is what is behind this 'new' protest for "social equality"?

As Finance Minister, Netanyahu undertook an economic plan in order to restore Israel's economy from its low point during the al-Aqsa Intifada. The plan involved a move toward more liberalized markets, although it was not without its critics. Netanyahu succeeded in passing several long-unresolved reforms, including an important reform in the banking system.[25] However, opponents in the Labor party (and even a few within his own Likud) viewed Netanyahu's policies as "Thatcherite" attacks on the venerated Israeli social safety net." [Wikipedia]


Does this lady not realize there is a giant military defense budget?

For once, Barak said something relevant:

"Speaking on board the INS Lahav while accompanying the outgoing Navy commander on his final sail, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that despite his support for the social protests in Israel, he would not agree to defense budget cuts.

"We must remember that security-wise we don't live in Switzerland or Finland. We are in a burning field, with everything that is happening in the states that surround us – Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Bahrain – and I'm not even mentioning Iran," he explained."

Does she really want the defense budget reduced (sounds like leftist, anti settlement and anti haredi) to make way for free education?

Yes, there must be a way to ease the burden for those on the edge, but maybe that could come from tax leniencies based on individual income (or no income) levels.

What happens if they cannot get what they want?

I hope it won't look like this:
Housing Demo Turns Violent, 20 Arrested About 20 protesters hurled eggs and paint....

But why?

"The protest leaders have come under fire for allegedly agreeing to end the "tent phase" of the protest, and possibly even initiating the decision to fold the tents. Critics say that the well heeled "leaders" were pre-selected by the professional media manipulators who are the brains behind the protest and that they do not really care for the homeless."

So, it's not to improve the lives of the needy?
It's not about housing.
It's not about the economy.
Its definitely not about cottage cheese.

What's your guess?
Then what is their real goal?