31 years after Rabin's assassination: "Friend, you are missed" more than ever | Shimon Hefetz

31 years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Brig. Gen. (res.) Shimon Hefetz calls for leadership in the mold of Rabin—courageous, moral, authoritative, and ethical. The article criticizes the current government for failing to take responsibility for security failures and for not translating military successes into diplomatic achievements like the 'Abraham Accords'. Hefetz quotes Rabin's seminal speech at the IDF Command and Staff College in August 1992 against the 'it will be okay' atmosphere and recalls his words on mutual responsibility. He argues that the generation of October 7, 2023, which stood on the battlefield, can look the generation of 1948 and Rabin in the eye. The article ends with a call for trustworthy and cohesive leadership before the elections, noting that November 4, 1995, is the fault line of Israeli democracy.