Of all the horrible disappointments with people’s reaction to this “pandemic”, I think that of the Israeli government was the worst. A basically right-wing country with a right-wing government, and one credited with having so many smart technical people, I would have hoped that at least they would have kept their heads. But Bibi fell for it as bad as anyone, and Benito is just as bad or worse.
Israel is not, and never has been, a “right-wing country with a right-wing government.” It’s basically just a European-style secular welfare state dressed up in some kind of anachronistic Old Testament nostalgia.
Israel’s biggest weakness is it’s penchant for copying the behavior of Western nations that have descended into decadence, in order to show how “modern” they are.
Most Israelis are more religious, patriotic, and inclined to marry young and have children than people in other Western nations. But then they turn around and brag about their Gay rights movement. And their media sucks.
God demands better from them.