"The state is me": Netanyahu forgot how leadership is tested | Avi Gil

In an opinion piece, Avi Gil argues that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu neglects the cultivation of future leadership and focuses on bolstering his personal status. Gil notes that despite successes against Iran, the threat has not disappeared, and leadership is also tested by the ability to leave an effective mechanism and worthy people to continue the path.

In a scathing opinion piece, Avi Gil attacks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for neglecting the cultivation of future leadership. Gil argues that Netanyahu, who has served longer than David Ben-Gurion, has not left behind a group of security, policy, and government officials he himself nurtured and prepared to assume national responsibility. The Likud has become a system entirely reliant on Netanyahu, creating a deep leadership vacuum for the day after his departure. Gil notes that despite military successes against Iran, the nuclear threat has not disappeared, and leadership is also tested by the ability to leave an effective mechanism to continue dealing with the challenge. The article criticizes Netanyahu's approach, which Gil claims sees himself as irreplaceable, while ignoring the need to prepare the next generation.