In the USA and Europe, various extreme views have amplified their messages thru paid protesters. Israel has the same problem.
The protesters from the Israeli Jewish Left have received 700 shekels per day while telling the government to release 100 convicted terrorists for each hostage returned – and nevermind the future wars that come about as a result. (Yahya Sinwar, the Gazan architect of the Oct 7 massacre, was released from prison in 2011 where he was serving time for his convictions of violent terrorism crimes).
The ultra-Orthodox Jews meanwhile get a payment for protesting the draft into the army. I’ve learned, they get a bonus if they are violent enough to get thrown in jail, bringing a windfall of 1000 shekels for each day of incarceration.
There there’s the Fatah-party led PA, which has not held a presidential election since 2005: As the “official” Palestinian government for Arabs living in Judea and Samaria, they continue their “pay to slay” program – which pays a monthly reward to the families of terrorists on a sliding scale according to the amount of violence and murders against Jews, who must be killed for being Jewish anywhere in Israel, Judea, or Samaria. As such, the terrorists among them slay their Jewish neighbors next to them in Samaria and Judea, and when they have work permits to work elsewhere in Israel outside of the PA controlled areas, the terrorists among them exploit those working papers to execute murders upon unsuspecting civilians there.
Returning for a moment to the ultra-Orthodox Jews: For years, the Knesset has decided that the decades-long exemption to serve has no reason to be continued; the High Court has called for the Parliament and Government to correct this injustice. And yet, it seems that no matter what The People (Knesset) or the Court says, the Government has continued to extend the exemption to serve. And as I’ve recently learned, someone is paying these protesters too.
As such, these ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis are unwilling to help protect the nation which provides them protection; but they are willing to implement all sorts of violence against the police and the government for issuing draft orders. At that point they are willing to start riots, start fires, hurl projectiles at police, bring cities to a standstill, all in the effort to not serve in the army just like the majority serves. Exactly how much protesting would occur if these people weren’t paid? Who exactly pays – the ultra-Orthodox and their fundraisers, or some other entity? Until these questions are answered and solved, we will never know how much protesting would occur without those financial incentives.
And the same question goes for the Jewish Left as well as Palestinians:
Without payments, exactly how many from the Left would issue such demands that the Government appease the terrorists in all negotiations?
Without payments, which we know come from the Palestinian Authority (PLO), exactly how many Palestinians would murder civilians in the streets and cafes?
Let’s conclude in prayer:
“Father in heaven, let there be truth in these populations; let unfair protest payments be exposed to the light and brought to an end; and guide Israel and all the nations to perform Your will. Amen.”
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Related: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-872109 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-872128 https://www.timesofisrael.com/revised-ultra-orthodox-military-draft-bill-said-to-reduce-penalties-for-dodgers/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/road-blocks-and-school-cancellations-what-to-expect-during-thursdays-haredi-anti-draft-rally/