The Speech Gadi Eisenkot Needs to Give
Opposition leaders who seek to reach power are shooting themselves in the foot, and then wonder why the Arab public does not rush enthusiastically to the polls. Is Eisenkot afraid to walk at night in…
Assessment
The piece argues that opposition leaders who want to reach power are sabotaging themselves by failing to address Arab voters, then acting surprised when those voters stay home. It challenges Gadi Eisenkot directly: if he is not afraid to walk in Haifa or Jaffa at night, why does his political behavior suggest otherwise. The real question is whether Israeli opposition figures can break their own self-defeating patterns with Arab citizens before the next election.