Hanoch Milbitsky and the nude photos: he had to fly before

Channel 12 celebrated the achievement that brought the Knesset member to desecrate the Mishkan and returned to the serious allegations against him from two years ago, Channel i24 claimed that Milivitsky was about to sue the distributor of the photo and only here on 11 did the reporter Dana Yerketsi present the story in the right proportions: the story here is not Milivitsky’s smack, but The smock that is Milivitsky. The fact that this shameful man, who attacked the abductee’s brother Itzik Elgaret and claimed that his job was to “protect the State of Israel” from people like him, and slammed him for “taking advantage of his brother’s situation”, should have been enough to kick him out of the Knesset.

This was supposed to be a demand of the Prime Minister, and if not of him then of the voters of his party. Is this the man who today represents the hundreds of thousands of Likud voters? Are there no limits? No red line? Anyone who doesn’t recognize Nachman Paking Shay can be part of Begin’s historical party? Any disturbing personality whose class book says that she hates Arabs and cuts cats can be in the Knesset? Maybe hating Arabs is an advantage among the base, but isn’t there a single cat lover? Isn’t this the party that Tal Gilboa is calling to vote for?

Finally, and in all seriousness, whether the photos are fabricated or not, distributing nude photos of a person is a serious moral crime. It is of course also criminal, and rightfully so. If the picture reached your phone, delete it and do not pass it on – not only because it is the language of the law, but because it is the right thing to do. This is not a matter of conservatism but of basic respect for individual modesty. This horrible phenomenon reached one of the most powerful people in the country yesterday, but it exists mainly in teenagers. There have been cases of boys and girls who tried to commit suicide due to the distribution of nude photos, or blackmail using them. You don’t have to agree with Milivitsky’s views regarding abductees, Arabs or cats – but as a society we need to act so that such things do not become the norm. Today it is him, tomorrow it will happen to our child.