Herzog is not wise. Israel is paying the price
Dr. Benjamin Moses argues that President Herzog failed in two historic opportunities: the judicial coup and the October 7 massacre. The author compares him to President Navon, who threatened to resign after Sabra and Shatila and forced the government to establish a state commission of inquiry. Moses asserts that Herzog chose populism and stoking vengeful feelings instead of public courage.
Dr. Benjamin Moses, an internal medicine physician and clinical epidemiologist, argues in an opinion piece that President Isaac Herzog failed in two historic opportunities: the judicial coup declared by Yariv Levin in January 2023, and the October 7, 2023 massacre. According to him, Herzog settled for neutrality and mediation instead of taking a confrontational stance toward the government, threatening resignation, or mobilizing the public. The author points to a counterexample from the past: President Yitzhak Navon, who threatened to resign after the Sabra and Shatila massacre in 1982, and forced the Begin government to establish a state commission of inquiry. Moses asserts that Herzog 'chose populism and stoking vengeful feelings' when he wrote on an artillery shell 'we trust you' in December 2023, and that he was included in South Africa's indictment against Israel for genocide. The article concludes that Herzog did not rise to the occasion and allowed the descent into the abyss.