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Netanyahu heads Israel's worst ever government. He exceeds Ariel Sharon's extremism and previous hardline leaders. He's an embarrassment to democratic governance and social justice.
He spurns individual rights. He endorses neoliberal rapaciousness. He doesn't give a damn about ordinary Israelis. He never did and doesn't now.
His agenda reflects power politics, repression, belligerence, and serving corporate and rich elite interests.
Disingenuously he called Silman's self-immolation "a great and personal tragedy." Good governance would have prevented it.
On October 8, 2002, Silman's trouble began . National Insurance Institute (NIS) bailiffs seized one of his company's four trucks (Mika Transports).
He owed 15,000 NIS. He paid a third of his debt. Towing charges of 1,200 NIS were added. A NIS strike prevented him for reclaiming his truck. In 2005, it led to his business collapsing, he said.
Six years later he sued for eight million NIS in damages. His case was never heard in court. He felt betrayed and denied.
He's an Israeli native. His father survived the holocaust. After his business collapsed, he couldn't afford his apartment rent. He began working as a taxi driver. He couldn't make ends meet.
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