Netanyahu speech: an attempt to draw attention from increasing inequality.

[Dondilion]

According to Krugman, the real purpose of Natanyahu's congress speech was to
deflect the Israeli electorate attention from the growing inequality in the country.

Krugman indicates that the Israeli departure from kibbutz imagery really began after privatization when a clique got control of certain heights of the economy.

This is a new insight for me.

Like in Russia, Ukraine and ex soviet satellites privatization was an oppurtunity for the smart and well connected to grab national assets for peanuts and then form and reinforce an exclusive club...oligarchic. A George Soros inspiration.

I did not realize that Israel, although not an ex soviet, was part of the privatization set.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/16/op...pgtype=article