An open letter to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu: Dear Mr. Netanyahu, I am writing to you for a very simple reason, the reason being that I assume you would like to win the next election. As I am sure you are more than aware, for five elections the right and left blocks ended up in a stalemate. This past election the right wing finally reached a majority – primarily due to a left-wing party missing the electoral threshold. What if I suggested an idea that would simply increase the right-wing voter bloc? Surely it would make your life easier, and would hopefully ensure your future political legacy, and the long-term success of the right-wing. I don’t know if you’ve taken at the number of frum Israeli yordim on your recent trips to various European capitals. Maybe in London, or Antwerp or Vienna – not to mention the tri-State area – you could have paid attention to the fact that there literally thousands of charedim who once lived in Israel but were forced to settle abroad due to the impossibility of Israel’s property market. Perhaps when you’re flying over the charedi city of Kiryat Sefer on your way to the airport in your private helicopter, you’ll take notice that virtually nothing has been done to increase the availability of housing for the charedi sector despite skyrocketing demand. Perhaps you’ll glance out the window at the chronic traffic situation that snarls this city and all its charedi counterparts and realize the difficulty for people who choose to live in these cities. And while you are at the airport’s VIP lounge, pay attention to the fact that the new railway is utterly impractical for a family loaded with children and suitcases. I do not know your opinion of charedim, or of religion in general. I do know that many believe you be a smart man, and I do know that if you would build fifty thousand accessible housing units for the charedim, and another fifty thousand for the Dati Leumi community, you will have gained yourself a lot of votes in the next election. NOTE: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of YWN. DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE POSTED ON YWN? SEND IT TO US FOR REVIEW. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

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