The Left Seeks a Leader – and Settles for Another General
An opinion piece by Rami Piro argues that the left is repeating its mistake of fielding former IDF chiefs of staff as candidates for prime minister, criticizing Gadi Eisenkot as the current candidate. The article compares Ehud Barak, Benny Gantz, and Eisenkot, claiming that military experience is no substitute for political leadership, while highlighting Benjamin Netanyahu's success on the international stage.
An opinion piece by Rami Piro, a lawyer and mediator, argues that the left camp is repeating a pattern of fielding former IDF chiefs of staff as candidates for prime minister instead of cultivating leaders with civilian political experience. The article reviews the failures of Ehud Barak (a short tenure of about a year and a half) and Benny Gantz (who struggled to establish leadership), and focuses on Gadi Eisenkot as the current candidate. Piro criticizes Eisenkot for his statements: comparing Yosef Haddad to Mansour Abbas, and his willingness to distinguish between Hamas and the civilian population in Gaza while mentioning 150,000 Gazans as potential partners. The article praises Benjamin Netanyahu as "a politician with exceptional diplomatic experience" and concludes that military ranks do not build political leadership. The piece reflects a right-wing conservative stance typical of Channel 14, using emotional arguments and a call for voter identification.