And Why Does It Always End With You Uniting-While They Stay in the Studio?

Why is it that every time someone says “let’s lower the flames,” you’re the one on fire-while they’re sitting under full-blast studio air-conditioning?

There’s a sacred Israeli concept called “unity.”
It’s like eating cholent in August: everyone romanticizes it, no one actually wants the heat.

But the moment things get rough-missiles falling, terror rising, another round of existential déjà-vu-suddenly the slogans start multiplying:

“Now is the time to unite!”

Beautiful sentiment.
Just one small question: who exactly is uniting with whom?
And why does “unity” always look like a compromise you make-while they sign off on it in an op-ed?

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What Are They Really Selling?

“One people, one heart.”
“Tone down the rhetoric.”
“Don’t engage in hate.”
“Set differences aside-this isn’t the time.”

Lovely. Inspirational. Soothing.

But what exactly counts as “setting aside”?

If you talk about Jewish identity –
“Stop dividing the public.”

If you call for stronger sovereignty –
“Not now, we must calm things down.”

If you say the word “victory” –
“Dangerous talk. There are civilians on the other side.”

And if you protest the Supreme Court –
“Unpatriotic, incendiary, harmful to unity.”

But if you’re a journalist yelling “dangerous Bibi-ists,”
an activist waving a Palestinian flag outside the Knesset,
or a comedian comparing IDF soldiers to Nazis-

you’re a Defender of Democracy,
and we’re all expected to unite lovingly around you.

Unity Is Important-But Around What, Exactly?

Around the national flag?
Or only the one with rainbow colors?

Around our shared language?
Or only if it includes academic quotation marks?

Around heritage?
Or only if it’s “inter-narrative dialogue”?

Around the IDF?
Or only when soldiers practice enough self-criticism?

Because if “unity” means everyone must shut up-except you–
that’s not unity.
That’s surrender.

The Unity Checklist

You’re right-wing?
Lower your tone.

You’re religious?
Try not to look too religious.

You live in Judea & Samaria?
Don’t stand out, it irritates people.

You’re simply Zionist?
Relax. We’re into universal values now.

But if you’re in the “correct camp”?

Go ahead-
keep protesting,
launch another publicly funded political performance,
publish yet another “Israel-is-awful” column,
and preach coexistence from a studio in Herzliya.

So What Is Real Unity?

Real unity is when you don’t need to hide your love for your people just to be considered “moderate.”

When your roots aren’t shameful-but celebrated.

When right and left don’t unite around a slogan, but around a purpose:
safe Jewish life in a Jewish state.

When you’re judged not by your volume-but by your values,
even if they didn’t make it onto the “enlightened and permitted” list.

And Finally, a Golden Rule:

If you need to stay silent for something to be called “unity”-
it isn’t unity.
It’s sophisticated censorship.

And if someone truly wants unity, let them come to you–
yes, even if you live beyond the Green Line.

Because one people doesn’t live only in Tel Aviv.
One people lives everywhere.

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