Former MK David Mena z"l would want Likud to win - but not at any cost | Yossi Achimeir

Yossi Achimeir writes about the memorial ceremony for the late David Mena, and warns of the gap between Likud's ideological past and its current 'operative' present. He cautions that if it does not return to its roots, its fate may be like that of Mapai, which faded away.

Yossi Achimeir writes about the modest memorial ceremony for former MK David Mena, held in a heated election atmosphere. The ceremony, he says, highlighted the gap between Likud's movement-based past and its current 'operative and shallow' state. Achimeir, who does not merely yearn for the past, argues that a political movement must have a deep ideological compass, as Herut and Mapai once did. He warns that if Likud does not cultivate its blessed heritage, its fate may be like that of its traditional rival, which faded away. The article praises Mena's path, a quiet leader who rose from a transit camp to the Knesset and acted according to Jabotinsky's five 'mems', and calls on Likud to return to its glorious roots.