[Video] Tel-Aviv
protest, Deep State, and government corruption
Tens of thousands
again packed Tel-Aviv center on Saturday night. Former National
Security Advisor Arad related government corruption and the unlawful transformation of Deep State in recent years under Netanyahu.
Tel-Aviv,
December 16 – tens of thousands again packed Tel-Aviv’s
Rothschild’s Avenue on Saturday night. This is the third week of
large anti-corruption demonstrations in Tel-Aviv, following a year of
anti corruption demonstrations near the home of Attorney General
Avichai Mandelblit in Petah-Tikvah. [i]
In
contrast with demonstrations over the past couple of weeks, security
was heavy. The center of Tel-Aviv was closed to traffic, and large
police forces were deployed in peripheral security formation. Police
snipers were visible on the rooftops surrounding HaBima National
Theater square. Based on historic experience, the concern most
likely was violence against the demonstrators, rather than violence
by the demonstrators… Emil Grunzweig was murdered in a Jerusalem
peace rally in 1983, [ii]
PM Yithak Rabin was assassinated at the end of a Tel-Aviv peace rally
in 1995, and 16 year old Shira Banki was murdered in a Jerusalem gay
parade in 2015. [iii]
Prof
Uzi Arad, Netanyahu’s National Security Adviser and
head
of the Israeli National Security Council between
2009 and 2011, was
again one of the speakers. He
had
been
one of the Netanyahu’s
closest confidants, but
turned into one of Netanyahu’s fiercest critics.
In
the demonstration two weeks ago he stated
that corruption was
plaguing Netanyahu’s government, becoming the highest national
security risk, surpassing Iran… Today,
Arad
elaborated
that as National Security Advisor he struggled with Netanyahu, who
opposed the initiative to establish the security apparatus by law.
Instead, Arad stated that Netanyahu preferred to operate outside the
law. He quoted a State Ombudsman report, issued later, which stated
that in matters of national security decision-making,
“Netanyahu
operated in violation of the letter and the spirit of the law” (no
published reference is available...).
In fact, Arad was relating the transformation
of Deep
State under
Netanyahu
and the
explosion of
government corruption.
The
conflicts in
the
Deep State apparatus continued, and further
intensified in the years following Arad’s departure. This year,
both
Mossad and Shib-Bet chiefs (both
Netanyahu’s appointees),
as well as IDF Deputy Chief of Staff and Ministry of Defense CEO
leaked to media a letter they jointly wrote to Netanyahu, opposing
the establishing of the Cyber Authority, directly
subservient
to the Prime Minister, with no adequate legal foundation. They
stated that it was harmful to national security.[iv]
Security
expert, former IDF Spokesman, Zionist
Union MK Nachman Shai stated that it was "a serious mistake and
an undemocratic act."
Establishment
of the Cyber Authority and events surrounding it should be deemed
central to the most recent Deep State transformation in Israel. [v]
Current
corruption investigations involve Netanyahu’s candidate for
National Security Advisor, Avriel Bar-Yosef,[vi]
as well as military procurement, including the purchase of nuclear
missile capable submarines from the German Thyssenkrupp corporation,
[vii]
and strategic, national security level issues related to gas field
development, export, and security, involving US-based Noble Energy.
[viii]
Military
procurement corruption investigations have been under gag orders for
months, as is the custom in Israel… [ix]
It is doubted that the political system in general, and the justice
system in particular, are capable of addressing corruption at such
levels.
Former
IDF general, former Deputy Mossad Chief Amiram Levin spoke in the
Tel-Aviv demonstration two weeks ago, and two former Shin-Bet
officers previously spoke in the Petah-Tikvah protest rallies… The
Israeli protest movement is openly infiltrated by Deep State and the
latter’s internal conflicts...
LINKS:
i
2017-12-02 [Video]
"The people are the sovereign," "Corruption is the
existential risk," "Bibi go home!" |
OpEdNews.com
2017-05-21
Police
Violence, Closed Doors Hearings in Israeli Protest Against Corrupt
AG (Videos) |
OpEdNews.com
2017-02-04
ISRAEL:
[Video] Arrested again for singing in the street |
OpEdNews.com
2017-01-17
ISRAEL:
[Video] Arrested for singing in the rain…
|
OpEdNews.com
2016-12-25
Police
violence on Christmas Eve in Tel-Aviv
| OpEdNews.com
iiRevisiting
Israeli Peace Activist Emil Grunzweig's Murder, 33 Years Later |
Haaretz
iii Teen's murder looms over Jerusalem Gay Pride parade | CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/21/middleeast/jerusalem-gay-pride-march/index.html
iv
Senior security officials
oppose establishment of cyber bureau |
Ynet
v E-government in Israel -- transformation into the Post-truth Era | OpEdNews.com
viAvriel
Bar-Yosef | The Times of Israel
viiThe
Israeli Submarine Scandal: What We Know | Haaretz
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