Failed strategy: The left's mistake could blow up in its face at the ballot box

Tamir Morag analyzes the campaign strategy of the center-left bloc, which focuses on Netanyahu's responsibility for the October 7 disaster. According to him, the public votes on the future, not the past, and the decisive issues are the war against Iran, dealing with Hamas, drafting the ultra-Orthodox, and the identity of coalition partners. Morag estimates that the failed campaign could lead to an electoral defeat.

Tamir Morag, the political correspondent and commentator for Channel 14, analyzes in his article the campaign strategy of the center-left bloc and warns of an expected failure. Morag argues that the bloc's focus on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's responsibility for the October 7 disaster is a strategic mistake, as the public votes on the future and not the past. He calls the investigations 'we warned Netanyahu but went back to sleep' as infantile and claims the public is more intelligent than that. According to him, Netanyahu's supporters understand his responsibility but see that he is the only one who changed course while his critics preached surrender. Morag identifies several decisive issues that will determine the elections: the war against Iran, dealing with Hamas, drafting the ultra-Orthodox, and the identity of coalition partners. He warns that the public prefers a leader who acts to overthrow the regime in Iran over one who talks about a nuclear deal, and that the next coalition should not depend on supporters of terror from the Islamic Movement. Morag concludes with a growing feeling that on October 27, the center-left bloc could face an electoral bombshell.