What distinguishes man from the ape
An opinion piece criticizing the exploitation of Mizrahi identity by the ruling party, focusing on the campaign against Gadi Eisenkot and criticizing Dr. Avishai Ben-Haim's 'Second Israel' theory. The writer presents an alternative approach emphasizing freedom and choice.
An opinion piece by Chen Artzi Sror criticizing the political exploitation of Mizrahi identity by the ruling party. The writer argues that the campaign against Gadi Eisenkot, led by Channel 14 and Yinon Magal, reveals a worldview that confines Mizrahim to a single model: eternal victim, automatically loyal. She criticizes Dr. Avishai Ben-Haim's 'Second Israel' theory, which she says has transformed from a mechanism for identifying oppressive power into an oppressive tool itself, and compares the 'Great Replacement' narrative to a racist theory from the European far-right. In contrast, the writer presents an alternative approach based on freedom, choice, and initiative as core values in Judaism and Zionism, and emphasizes the social mobility of the next Mizrahi generation.