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Elections spawn irresponsible rhetoric and unsubstantiated libels, but the simple truth is that there was plenty of warning available for any reasonable person who was not already decidedly certain that Hamas was not going to attack because they were opportunists rather than ideologues. This was part of the old Conceptzia which had intelligence warnings being ignored when they should have been acted upon.
As to the story about the UAE, I am convinced that it is a silly fabrication, but the reality is that the entire IDF establishment, the govt, and the military intelligence should have been aware enough based on intelligence reports from months previous to October 7 that the old Conceptzia was a fallacy.
Both the political and military leadership failed the test of seeing the war which was being planned against them in Gaza. Likewise, they should have had a significant force available and on alert in the days preceding October 7, and for many months before that. They didn’t. This was the fault of Bibi and all those in authority both during this period of time, but also during the period in which the old Conceptzia was adopted as that is what caused this disaster. This impeaches nearly everyone running in the current election.
So the UAE ruse is an attempt by Bibi’s opponents to hide their own culpability for this situation, and the role played Eisenkot in particular as the advocate of the Small Army doctrine and the wider Left’s support for the color revolution supported against the Bibi govt were each essential aspects of that culpability.
Hence, as we are looking to assess who might be the better leader going forward, we must base it not on who missed the warning signs before them, but on who actually acted and supported policies which were either responsible or commendable. On this test, the military fails miserably as it warned Bibi and the nation, in accordance with US assessments, that disaster was all that faced Israel if she invaded Gaza, seized Rafah, or ultimately refused to surrender to Hamas. All of these measures were opposed by Bibi, and nearly by himself did he resolve to ignore his own military advisors, his security war cabinet (including Eisenkot) as well as the American military experts.
Bibi’s deference to the US with regards to Gaza has been a disastrous choice, but beyond this sizeable failure, he has consistently mostly made the correct choices in this war, and the estimates of mass slaughters due to his choices have not materialized. We owe him a great deal, but this should not by itself color the outcome on the next election, as his opponents should be assessed for their support of Bibi’s own adroit helmsmanship at leading the nation in the midst of war. On that basis alone Bibi should be chosen in the next election. There is simply no better choice, and in the past three years, Bibi has succeeded to find the right path heading towards victory, which would have been abandoned by any other leadership at the time.
So, if we are to be both honest and responsible, at this point, I would argue that we have no choice but to support the national camp and with Bibi at the head of it. The wars are not yet over, and the judgement of his opponents have been tainted by just lamentably poor judgement, even as Bibi was himself also responsible for not having abandoned the old Conceptzia in the months before October 7.
In a nutshell, perhaps Bibi should go because of his failures in leading upto October 7 but then so should all the rest of them that were involved in that failure. Yet, we must nonetheless conclude that Bibi must stay because of all of what he has done in the years following that disaster, in which he was struggling against those who would otherwise be chosen as what I fear will prove to be far worse choices.
Or at least, this is what appears to be a reasonable and fair assessment, at least in my humble opinion.
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One thing that stands out to me from this article is: “So the UAE ruse is an attempt by Bibi’s opponents to hide their own culpability for this situation, and the role played Eisenkot in particular as the advocate of the Small Army doctrine and the wider Left’s support for the color revolution supported against the Bibi govt were each essential aspects of that culpability.”
The left’s support for the color revolution points to the question: who supports the left’s color revolution? It is important for Israelis to understand that the support for the left comes from British intelligence and CIA. These intel groups have created all the terrorist groups such as al Qaeda, ISIS, etc.
British intelligence has created one color revolution after another throughout the 1800’s to today, including the French Revolution, World War I, World War II, and they supported Hitler and also Communism in Russia.
From the middle of the 20th century on, the US CIA worked secretly with British intelligence to manufacture color revolutions in every country that refused Britain’s plan to extract their resource wealth, which included many Central and South American countries, as well as the War in Vietnam which was fought in order to maintain their poppy cultivation into opiates, a revenue stream the CIA wanted.
That they wanted to get rid of Netanyahu like they want to get rid of Trump should be no surprise.
British intelligence are also responsible for every US President that has been assassinated, because those presidents got in the way of the British business model.
Because Israel is so effective in taking down Iran, the British want to get rid of Israel and Netanyahu. They want the permanent war in the Middle East to continue and Israel threatens their permanent war.
These are the forces backing Eisenkot and all those who want a smaller army.
Anyone who wants to hamstring the IDF, get rid of Netanyahu, etc. is doing the work of British intelligence and the CIA. Perhaps some judges and other political figures (who are supposed to be apolitical) fall into this category.
All those who were potentially involved in preventing Netanyahu’s knowledge of the attack or who argued against military action against Hamas prior to the 7th of October should be investigated also for doing the work of British intelligence against the State of Israel.
This article feels like sand is being blown in my face. We should elect Bibi. We should get rid of Bibi. There is no leader available for Israel. And so on.
There should be an enquiry, but for political reasons, better not. Actually, we are at a crossroad or maybe, as is now modern, at a roundabout. We have no good advice at this time. The so-called religious are power hungry but provide no answers. They prefer discussions and argument. The left have left. The right are wrong and so on.
The Supreme court would ban the Sanhedrin. The AG would cut off her own nose.
We need lots of change, but it seems that there is no-one to make any changes.
I wish I hadn’t read this article. It points out all our weaknesses without providing any path for the coming period.
I agree, Bibi is the best choice now in spite of some painful failures, which must be acknowledged. He was weak when he let US pressure stop the Israeli suppression of Hamas in Gaza. As for the massive blindness of misinterpreting warnings about the coming massacre, you are right to point out the widespread influence of the conceptzia, a denial of reality that really should be called psychotic, a terrified reaction to age old traumas of persecution and the reality of living surrounded by killer enemies.
As one sad example, on the day of Bibi’s UN address, I got pulled into a conversation with an elderly Israeli woman at a bus stop. She was furious with Bibi for letting Oct 7 happen and not apologizing and also – wait for it – “occupying Palestinian land in the West Bank and killing peaceful people.” When I pointed out that the Jews belong there and are being shot at, and that she might want to study the Koran to see why, she said she only reads Torah which tells her to love humanity.
Sometimes the people that one wants to love are just (I hate to have to say it) crazy.
A Lion Amongst Sheep
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