One of the great things about my delightful Israeli neighborhood is the fact that it arguably has more MKs per square meter than the Knesset itself.
Of course that's not really saying a whole lot. Anyone who has visited Israel's parliament knows that it's not the place to find Knesset members. They are inevitably so busy doing their thing elsewhere that they cannot come to the Knesset. This contrasts with my neighborhood, in which the MKs and the rest of us remain at home and do what we do best.
Sleep.
Does that mean that important people live in my neighborhood? Well, there seems to be little evidence that members of the Knesset are more important than anybody else – although some of them would like to think so. They have two main jobs. One of them is to get re-elected. That's not very exciting.
Are MKs brighter than the rest of us?
Feel free to use your own judgment on that point. You read the papers. You know the decisions that have been made by Israeli politicians. Based on those facts, you can decide how bright they are.
Do they wield power?
Not necessarily. Remember that we said that they have two main jobs. Their second job is to make everybody else happy. That's impossible, of course, but they have to try.
That leaves very little for them to do in order to make themselves happy.
Nebbich.
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