The last operation ended with a sense of success, without a feeling of sourness and failure, unlike some other military operations in the same place.
Despite the minor objectives and the short duration, a military event can always go wrong, and when it didn't happen this time, by the grace of heaven, the credit goes directly to the leadership - military and political.
She took the risk and she reaps the success.
Yair Lapid can mark a big V after conquering another layer of those that make up one of the most complicated positions in the Middle East, maybe in the world.
But to her and a thorn in her.
In this case - some thorns.
First, the elections are light years away.
Second, he must share success with Benny Gantz, his main rival in the leadership of the left camp.
Thirdly, politically nothing has changed and for Lapid, as before the operation so after it, there is no coalition without the Prime Minister and the joint list. During a military campaign, the differences between the Jewish and Arab parties become sharper, and the statements of several MKs of them once again boiled the blood.
Lapid, Gantz and senior members of the security system.
The last operation ended with a sense of success, photo: Haim Tzach/L.A.M
In the joint statement held yesterday by Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz, the two made sure to shower each other with praise, but beneath the surface, each of them tried to sting their friend and deliver the right political messages that would serve the ongoing campaign these days.
During the operation, Lapid needed Gantz.
Whoever will lead the campaign on the part of the political echelon will build from his experience the necessary security for the army and the other security bodies that took part in it.
After the operation, Lapid needed Gantz for the same joint photo that the two issued yesterday.
Lapid flattered Gantz, but also seduced him at the same time.
His speech yesterday conveyed a conciliatory and embracing message on the one hand, but patronizing and suffocating on the other.
He, Lapid, is the leader of the camp, and thanks to all those who helped and helped: Gantz, al-Sisi, and all the rest.
Netanyahu did not bury his hand in the plate
Gantz, on the other hand, tried to convey a completely different message: that he was the guiding hand and the sophisticated mind.
Lapid is now the prime minister and the responsibility is on him, but this is only due to the necessity of the circumstances.
There are now elections after which he, Gantz, may head the system.
And Benjamin Netanyahu didn't bury his hand in the plate either.
At military events the public goes to the right.
Even the aggressive and prolonged military operation led by Ehud Olmert and Tzipi Livni in the Gaza Strip before the 2009 elections ultimately served Netanyahu and the right-wing camp.
Netanyahu feared that the military campaign would catch him out of the loop.
Lapid and the chairman of the opposition, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Netanyahu feared that the military campaign, it was impossible to know how long it would last and what volume it would occupy in the election process that was in progress, would catch him out of the loop, so he made sure to push himself into the circle of decision makers, at least ostensibly, with the filmed (and smiling) update meeting with Lapid, after a month and a half of refusal, with the absolute backing of the government and with the interview he gave to the Fox network.
Netanyahu is not a member of the cabinet, not in contact with military personnel, not a secret partner and not a bearer of responsibility, but he managed not to disappear and create the feeling that he is indeed a part of all of this - and this is a considerable achievement, which most of his predecessors failed to achieve.
But Netanyahu's significant political achievement came in general from the direction of Ahmed Tibi and from the direction of some of his friends in the Arab parties, who make sure to embarrass themselves on the Jewish public every time such a military campaign happens.
After a year and more of talking about dealing with civil matters only, it becomes clear time after time that the political, security, and national matters - are still at the top of the priorities of the members of the joint list and Prime Minister. Therefore, with all due respect to the points that Lapid has gained, the bottom line is the recognition that he does not have A government without them permeates, and moves the undecided, who do not want Netanyahu, to second and third thoughts about the desired order of priorities.
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