He hopes to decide whether to order cabinet officials to remain silent at all times except behind closed official doors, with exceptions only he can authorize.
Jerusalem, April 11 – Israel’s Prime Minister has begun considering expanding his order to Coalition officials and legislators to refrain from commenting on the situation in Syria, to include every other subject.
An aide to Binyamin Netanyahu disclosed this afternoon (Wednesday) that following the premier’s instruction to officials not to offer input on Syria so as not to disrupt American or other Western actions there, an adviser suggested that the silence policy should apply to all matters, to minimize political foul-ups and diplomatic awkwardness that often result from politicians opening their mouths, and Mr. Netanyahu expressed approval for the idea.
“The prime minister has instructed his staff to form an advisory committee to explore the issue,” announced Lee Stom, “and submit its recommendations by the middle of next week. He hopes to decide whether to order cabinet officials to remain silent at all times except behind closed official doors, with exceptions only he can authorize.”
If adopted, analysts surmise, the move has the potential to both streamline government efficiency and reduce media distraction. “If formulated right, such a policy will save countless man-hours and episodes of frustration that occur when many of these people open their pie-holes to do anything but eat,” observed Tannis Dibbur. “The only major problem I foresee with such a policy is it doesn’t apply to political foes, who would exploit the absence of government voices to make one-sided assertions that won’t get countered. It would have to be wisely formulated to account for that.”
One solution, suggested another pundit, would involve deputizing specific people or offices to respond to such talk. “The infrastructure and personnel are there – they just need tweaking,” insisted Sy Lintz. “It would also centralize things, establishing a single source for government feedback and ensuring a consistent message.”
In the interim, several political allies of the prime minister have expressed reservations. “The whole reason I got into politics in the first place was to create public embarrassment,” lamented Jewish Home MK Betzalel Smotrich. “If the prime minister decides to implement this, he will turn off people like me from pursuing a career in public service. It will certainly prevent figures such as Oren Hazan from running for office, and that would forever dilute the unique composition of people we have in the Knesset and running the ministries and agencies. I hope the prime minister takes all that into account when he makes his decision.”
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