Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Israel didn’t just blink, it fell into a deep slumber of apathy. The government of Israel, riddled with thoughtless politicians, with a chorus of sycophants misled by a paranoid prime minister facing charges of bribery and breach of faith, is unable to govern, to budget and to lead. No wonder then that it was caught off-guard. And the ground is shaking. Yet there is no awakening. As the saying goes in Hebrew, they fell asleep standing up. All the signs were there. All the red lights were blazing. And in the Middle East, when you are not paying attention, you will pay a very high price.