You can still be a hero if only you muster the courage: an open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu

You have ignited unprecedented mass protests, and talk of unimaginable domestic strife, even civil war, is widely unfurling.You have now become a danger to Israel's existence. And must now be deprived of retaining the levers of power.

In the short one hundred days of your misguided reign you reduced Israel's economy to a mere shadow. The value of the Shekel is sinking.Israel's credit rating was downgraded. High-tech companies are migrating. Cost of living is skyrocketing. Foreign investments are dwindling. Israelis' capital is flowing to overseas banks.

So long as your evil plot to subvert the judiciary endures, Israel's once-powerhouse economy will remain shackled. The onus falls on no one else but you, and for that you must pay the political price.

The defense establishment is rupturing. Thousands of reservists involving pilots, drone operators, cyber specialists and intelligence officers threatened to stop voluntary service. Discharging the defense minister for daring to fulfill his duty, when the country was facing an ominous danger, was a chilling imprudence that no soldier will forget.

Although you reinstated him admitting your blunder, the damage to the military's morale will linger. You have betrayed the men and women who are always ready to put their lives on the line to protect the country, while you put the country on the line to protect yourself.

You have lost their confidence and will never regain it again, and thus, admit to this awesome failure, as you have little choice left but to give up your reign.

Israel's international standing is declining. You have alienated Israel's staunchest European allies. Gravely damaged relations with the US – Israel's closest supporter and friend. Harmed newly-forged relationships with the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco. Foreclosed any opening to normalize relations with other Arab states. Rattled Israel's ties with Egypt and Jordan. Crushed any prospect for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian struggle.

Refusing to end the occupation has proven to be a defunct policy, and thanks to you the conflict will continue to simmer, claiming the lives of Israelis and Palestinians, falsely justifying it in the name of national security. Only by ending the conflict based on a two-state solution, which you vehemently oppose, will Israel be truly secure.

But first you must get out of the way. Israel's enemies are watching with glee. As Israel implodes, they gloat and cheer. They need not invade or wage a war; through attrition and violent resistance they will exhaust Israel and weaken its deterrence.

They will lay in wait with delight, and if you don't end up burning the country down to the ground they will come from all directions and happily, will try to finish what you have started.

The country must be united to face multiple foes, but unity will remain elusive as long as you are around. Betraying the very reasons behind Israel's creation has been the end result of your ominous control. The ingathering of the Jews in a Jewish state was the dictum the reason the aspiration of diaspora Jewry, irrespective of their religious leaning, Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, or ultra-religious teaching. But now your fanatic, extremist, and fascist ministers are squashing the affinity, the ties, the sense of belonging. The very fabric that held world Jewry together for millennia.

You have alienated millions of Jews to whom Israel offers a home, a refuge when needed. Your authoritarian design broke their spirit, the spirit of a multitude of Jews who suffered from persecution and oppression, under the reign of terror by despots in foreign lands. They dreamed of salvation, redemption, and freedom, not replacing servitude they suffered in distant lands, only to live back in shtetels dominated by religious fanatics under a would-be Jewish tyrant, no less. Your attempted coup d'état deserves nought but contempt.