The Electoral and Security Asset: Why Likud Needs Uzi Dayan on the Knesset List | Oded Tira

Oded Tira, a Likud activist, argues in his column that the party needs to reserve a slot for reserve Major General Uzi Dayan on its Knesset list. He presents Dayan as possessing exceptional security, strategic, and economic experience that would fill a professional void and help secure victory in the elections. Tira notes that Dayan did not secure a realistic spot in the primaries, hence the need to grant him a reserved slot.

Ahead of the early elections, Oded Tira argues that Likud urgently needs a security and strategic figure like reserve Major General Uzi Dayan to strengthen its list and ensure victory. Tira, a Likud activist, presents Dayan as possessing a rare combination of security, strategic, economic, ideological, and social experience that could bridge gaps among populations Likud has failed to mobilize in the past. He details Dayan's background: former Deputy Chief of Staff, head of the National Security Council, commander of the Central Command, command of the Sayeret Matkal and the 401st Armored Brigade, a degree in mathematics and physics, a master's in operations research, and service as chairman of Mifal HaPayis and the Sderot Conference. Tira emphasizes that after the primaries, in which Dayan did not secure a realistic spot, there is a substantive void in the list, and therefore he deserves and should receive a reserved slot. The column is personal commentary and does not bring data or comparisons.