A year of decisions at the door – political, legal, political and military. The military decision is in the hands of the army, which is doing everything possible to atone for the October failure. The judicial system will still be discussed, and I would not be surprised if at least one of the rulings in question is published on January 4, the day Levin's legal reform was launched. If revenge, then to the end.
Police officers clash with demonstrators against the legal reform (archive), photo: Ohad Zweigenberg
Policy decisions are currently in the hands of a leadership that still prioritizes the integrity of the coalition over the integrity of the people. It would have been good if she had packed her bags and allowed others, untouched by the terrible failure, to lead the country to safety.
Prime Minister Netanyahu was asked whether he would resign at the end of the war and responded: "Resign? I intend to get rid only of Hamas" | GPO
Its replacement is tied to a political year that will be turbulent. Prime Minister and Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu is held captive by the extreme right, with an emphasis on Otzma Yehudit Chairman Minister Ben-Gvir. He fears no one, relying on polls showing that his conduct is earning him seats. He frowns on the coalition agreement and refuses to keep the IPS commissioner in her position. Not that she excelled in her role, but an agreement must be kept.
Bezalel Smotrich, landing below the electoral threshold (archive), photo: Oren Ben Hakon
He is followed by Finance Minister and Religious Zionism Chairman Bezalel Smotrich, whose landing below the electoral threshold operates him. He transfers huge sectoral budgets and sends threatening messages to the United States, like an ox harnessed to a plow, working from morning to night while a small mouse sits on its shoulder. At the end of the day, the mouse wipes sweat from its forehead and says, "Look how deaf we are."
Netanyahu, Netanyahu's survival depends on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, Photo: GPO
A finance minister who does not understand that we do not have full military capability without the armament and support that the United States and President Biden give us, would have been fired on the same day. But the days are not ordinary, and Netanyahu's survival depends on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, so he invests in their maintenance. It would be a shame for him to waste time on Gantz, who is expected to retire. And until then, they will continue to abuse him, to diminish him, to publish embarrassing photographs, such as the one with Noa Tishbi, and perhaps once again they will erase the phone hacked by the Iranians. All in order to reduce it in the polls.
Meanwhile, a host of new and old actors, with a high public appeal, are tense
Netanyahu and Yossi Cohen, photo: Oren Ben Hakon/AP
Roadside memes. Thus, former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen said that in a published poll, the Likud under his leadership gets more seats than Netanyahu. It is doubtful whether he wants to be in the Likud or whether someone in the current Likud will give him the primacy, but it certainly indicates the Likud mindset.
Naftali Bennett during his days as Prime Minister (archive), photo: Yoav Dudkiewicz
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is also on the wheel, despite the mishap this week, when he did not send censors an article he published in the United States containing confidential details about Israeli attacks on Iran. Bennett, an essentially responsible man, made a mistake and instead of apologizing, attacked: "The problem is not publicizing the moves we have taken..." Netanyahu, whose mutual dislike of Bennett is historic and well-known, was quick to attack his irresponsibility. Recall that it was Netanyahu who discovered that Israel had attacked the reactor in Syria when he congratulated Prime Minister Olmert on the success of the attack. In any case, the mishap will be remembered, and during elections, Bennett will be examined on the list and positions he presents, because more of the same will not be enough this time.
Benny Gantz (archive), photo: Oren Ben Hakon
The left will not have a revival until it comes to its senses and presents up-to-date positions. The leadership of Maj. Gen. (res.) Yair Golan, who was rediscovered on October 7 with his courage and composure, should be nurtured.
Leading the next elections will be the political center, headed by Gantz, and the state camp, which is soaring in the polls, and must make a decision on a quick retirement before it erodes. The same center that sanctifies the unity that is burned on the battlefield, while there are those who are already trying to categorize the dead and the living between right and left, who maintain the dividing discourse. Polls indicate that Israel 2024 will not allow a return to the discourse of October 6, 2023.
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