If Shimon Peres had been on October 7: The question no one dares to ask | Yoram Dori

Yoram Dori asks what would have happened if Shimon Peres had been the leader on October 7. He describes Peres's approach, who sought raw intelligence from intelligence officers rather than just conclusions, and his willingness to examine extreme scenarios. Dori speculates that Peres would have asked probing questions about the enemy's intentions and the possibility that the concept was wrong, rather than settling for routine assumptions.

Yoram Dori, in an opinion column in Maariv, raises a hypothetical scenario: how Shimon Peres would have behaved had he been the leader on October 7. Dori describes Peres's leadership style, who asked intelligence officers for raw information and not just their conclusions, saying 'I can make assessments myself.' Dori speculates that Peres would have asked probing questions about what was happening in Gaza, Hamas, and Hezbollah, and examined the possibility that the enemy interprets routine completely differently. He emphasizes that Peres would have examined the extreme scenario of deterrence collapse and the opening of multiple fronts simultaneously. Dori does not claim that Peres would have prevented the disaster, but states that the man always wanted to see several steps ahead. The column uses Peres's figure to criticize current leadership, while highlighting the importance of asking uncomfortable questions.