The ringing of election bells sounds like birds returning in the spring, and the name exchange is buzzing with them.
Leading them: The hot name for the current season, Chief of Staff Lt. Col. (Res.) Gadi Izenkot.
He is perceived as a man of values, humble, and is remembered for the fact that when he was offered to be chief of staff for the first time, he accepted the offer and added that he still did not feel ready for the job.
Even in the previous round of elections, he did not yet feel ready to jump into the murky waters of Israeli politics.
New songs are now being heard from him, and according to the publications he feels ready.
According to the same publications, he is again modest and implies that he does not intend to head any of the parties (not that someone offered him ...), and is interested in being number two and learning the profession.
Indeed, politics is a profession.
Those who understand the rules of the game, who know how to conduct themselves on social networks, and who develop extra-thick skin, survive in it.
It was once joked that a rare elephant with the skin of a politician was found.
Politics is no longer an occupation and is not suitable for everyone, and certainly not for generals.
There is a huge gap between conduct in the military and conduct in the political field.
In the army, from the position of lieutenant colonel in the novice department, the commander lowers an order and does not have to look back at all. The order will be carried out. Certainly and certainly when you reach the high ranks, and certainly as chief of staff
In politics, however, there are no commands and no automatic obedience.
In politics, anyone who shouts loudly and holds a powerful megaphone is burned into consciousness.
There is no room for modesty and modesty.
For example, there was an MK from the Likud who was the center of the Knesset Finance Committee. He was excellent in office, but did not do politics. In the subsequent primaries he was expelled from the Knesset. They are interested. The coalition does not move them. The only thing that is interesting is the personal interest, in whose name they want to stay in the Knesset.
Izenkot is worth a look at the list of generals who adorned politics.
Most of them ended their political careers wounded and beaten, or left no significant impact.
For example: Haim Bar-Lev, Mota Gur, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Amram Mitzna, Gabi Ashkenazi, Shaul Mofaz and more.
If in their military careers they were deputies of God, then in politics they were, how to say cautiously - a failure.
The professional politicians ate them without salt.
Few generals succeeded.
Ganz is still on the wheel, trying to learn lessons.
time will tell.
It is customary to mention Yitzhak Rabin, who took him 20 years to be reappointed prime minister and succeed.
Ehud Barak, who holds the titles "Most Decorated Soldier in the IDF" and "Prime Minister with the Shortest Term", expelled the IDF from Lebanon - but failed in the political field. And of course - Ariel Sharon, after decades in the profession, was a beloved prime minister .
Therefore, General Izenkot, it is worth recalculating a route and making sure your skin is thick enough.
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