My cancer might return. But something else scares me more
In a personal column, Shelly Yachimovich writes about her battle with pancreatic cancer and explains that the political situation in Israel frightens her more than the possibility of the cancer returning. She attacks Netanyahu, Shin Bet chief David Zini, and the messianic right, and calls on the change bloc to form a government that includes the Arab parties.
In a personal column published on ynet, Shelly Yachimovich recounts her battle with pancreatic cancer, from which she recovered after surgery and chemotherapy, and her deeper fear of the political situation in Israel. She describes a book she found in the oncology department at Ichilov about the Yom Kippur War failure, and compares Israeli society then, which established a commission of inquiry and grappled with moral issues, to today's society, which she says is confident in its absolute righteousness and displays institutionalized racism toward Arabs. Yachimovich sharply attacks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Shin Bet chief David Zini, whom she calls 'an agent of chaos,' and the messianic right. She calls on the leaders of the change bloc to overcome their fear and form a sane government, including the Arab parties. The column ends with a plea not to throw away 'the amazing Zionist project.'