The sin of hubris: The greatest danger to Israel's future | Omri Gefen

Omri Gefen warns against the sin of hubris among the four leading candidates in the change camp — Eisenkot, Bennett, Lieberman, and Golan. According to him, the danger lies not only in the number of mandates but in the inability to build a genuine partnership even before the elections. He calls for a shift from an ego-system to an ecosystem, warning that trust and partnership cannot be built the day after.

In his article, Omri Gefen warns against the sin of hubris among the four leading candidates in the change camp — Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Lieberman, and Yoav Golan. According to him, the greatest danger to Israel's future is not only the number of mandates each will receive, but the inability to build a genuine partnership even before the elections. Gefen describes how hubris, expressed as an excessive sense of confidence that my way is the right one, has repeatedly recurred in Israeli history — from Mapainik patronage, through the concept before the Yom Kippur War and the October 7 attack, to the intoxication of power of the judicial overhaul. He calls for a shift from an ego-system to an ecosystem, warning that trust and partnership cannot be built the day after the elections, citing his failed attempt to establish conflict management mechanisms in the previous change government, where he was met with "it'll be fine."