Blown out of proportion

Regarding “52% of public and 10% of Likud say PM should quit if indicted” (February 5), it doesn’t take a genius to know that Laborites want him to leave and Likudniks want him to stay. When the poll shows 89% of Labor voters think he should resign, but only 10% of Likud voters do so, it shows that Labor supporters have found a useful stick to hit him with, while Likudniks exhibit their distrust of the Israeli legal system.

This reveals much about what people think of the legal system. In this case, Labor finds it useful to agree with indicting him, but I’m sure that if it were a Labor leader, then the numbers would be reversed.

In this crazy world where political correctness has replaced sanity, every violation of someone’s PC code is considered a major crime. What used to be everyday conversations are now construed as being racist, abusive or conspiratorial – often when not intended.

If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with newspaper owners, so what? Politicians have always talked to them. If he believes that Israel needs more submarines, good for him, so do I! OK, so he’s not accused of being involved with the submarine affair, but mud sticks, and he’s been found guilty by association by those who want him out of office.

Netanyahu often claims that the media are prejudiced against him. Of course they are, just as many lawyers are also prejudiced against him. As the expression goes, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.”

This is a legal nothingness blown out of proportion for political purposes.

BOB KNIGHT

Modi’in