I am guilty. So are you: responsibility for the country doesn't end at the ballot box | Dvir Kariv

Dvir Kariv in an opinion column: responsibility for the country doesn't end at the ballot box. He describes a meeting with a young man who has lost hope and refuses to vote, attacks the government for the lack of a state commission of inquiry, and calls on the public to take responsibility, take to the streets, and go to the polls.

Dvir Kariv argues in an opinion column in Maariv that responsibility for the state of the country rests not only on the leaders but also on the citizens. He describes a meeting with a 24-year-old former combat soldier who has lost hope and refuses to vote. Kariv writes that he himself failed in his attempt to convince him. He attacks Minister Regev over aviation safety failures and Netanyahu over the lack of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 disaster, but emphasizes that the public is also guilty for not demanding accountability with sufficient force. Kariv calls on the public to go out and vote and restore hope, noting that he chose to support Yisrael Beiteinu mainly because of Lieberman's resignation, taking responsibility.