The former head of the Mossad, Yossi Cohen He was hosted last night (Friday) by Ofira and Levinson, and as in all his interviews, he demonstrated elegant statesmanship, when he did not attack the current government and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu. Although it is clear and completely natural that he would have a full stomach for Netanyahu who did not add him to his ranks despite his desire to help and advise on issues in which he has more control than anyone else.
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Cohen even gave backing to several decisions made by the cabinet, such as the decision to eliminate the senior Iranian official and enlightened our eyes, which no one in the government and the security system bothered to do, when he explained that the elimination of the senior Iranian official and his group was necessary, in order to remove future danger to Israel from those eliminated who, according to estimates Intelligence planned to harm Israel.
In doing so, he refuted the opinion that prevailed in the public that perhaps the assassination of the senior Iranian was unnecessary and only created tension and unnecessary hysteria in the public in preparation for the revenge that Iran promises will come.
Ofira to Yossi Cohen: “You run to the end and win like a big one.” I’ll tell you more than that. He tells you that you are not a game changer, I say that you are the only answer to anyone looking for a solution” pic.twitter.com/ossEzeHkL0
— Amir (@amiros74) April 5, 2024
He also did not fall into Opira’s trap, who thought that she would wring a title from him that Bibi is jealous of and therefore isolates him and does not add him to his ranks, and when asked about it, he evaded an answer, saying that we do not know what the prime minister’s intentions are and sent her to check with him.
video-caption">Benjamin Netanyahu in a message to Iran (photo: Prime Minister’s Spokesperson)
The man knows how to be politically correct, careful with his words, and most importantly, has a lot of experience in the security and intelligence field, which is a supremely valuable quality in a country like ours surrounded by enemies, that’s why I agreed with all the compliments that Esaig lavished on Yossi Cohen because of all the options available today, Yossi Cohen is the most suitable to replace Netanyahu.
This time too he was asked if he turned to politics and again he did not answer the question in the negative, but said that when the conditions are ripe and he makes a final decision, he will announce it publicly. One can easily guess that he intends to integrate into the political arena. and not only. But this time he promised that he would bring with him a “gallery” of good people.
“What will overcome everything if I decide to enter Israeli politics, is necessarily my need, along with other good people, to help in the biggest crisis that the State of Israel has experienced,” he said and added, “I would very much like to see a different gallery of contenders standing in front of the country’s leadership.” And here, without saying the things explicitly, he sent for the first time in a sub text a sharp sting towards Netanyahu and the dubious gallery of people that Netanyahu surrounded himself with.
Haim Levinson and Ofira Assig (Photo: Channel 12 screenshot)
In doing so, he criticized Netanyahu’s illusory elections and the wrong people who surround him and give him Ahithophel advice, and promised that if he runs himself, he will bring quality people with him into politics. A starting point that is certainly promising and encouraging. Such a statement has great importance that can be a springboard for anyone who aspires to replace Netanyahu.
Because what happened to Netanyahu that everyone thought he was the wise man? He did not act too wisely, when he chose as his security men, people without experience and professionalism, who in the best case (or worst, depending on how you look at it), can be used as court mooks, in the way of their offensive and insulting statements and their wrong and harmful decisions. Not to mention the stupid and embarrassing shows to say the least that they produce for the mornings, accept a people, a community and a world.
Like the stuttering in broken English, or the plays taken from the Theater of the Absurd. For example Amsalem who invites Tali Gottlieb to smell if he smells alcohol from his mouth, or Tali Gottlieb herself who tried her hand at singing this week and sang “la la la” from the Knesset podium and turned the plenum into a Madrano circus. In good old days, it could be used as an entertainment material that we would even manage to derive some pleasure from. But not in times of war, when the economy is collapsing, when the country is mourning its fall, when a huge number of abductees are dying in the Hamas tunnels, and thousands of displaced people have not returned to their homes.
A wise leader, chooses good and talented people to help him manage things. A smart leader should be aware that your success is his success. Their failure hurts his leadership. It is clear to all of us that Netanyahu wants to stand out above everyone else and therefore chooses a bunch of inexperienced losers. Not for nothing, Ofira asked Yossi Cohen, does he think Netanyahu is isolating him because he fears Yossi Cohen’s rise in the polls. This character trait of jealousy and narrow eyes at the success of the other, only weakens Netanyahu. It is a fact that he is falling in the polls, and not only because of the October failure.
He is not only going down in the polls and yesterday Opira presented survey data that indicates an absolute majority that supports the elections as early as possible, but Netanyahu is also losing the sympathy he acquired among the public that supported him. It was enough to listen last night to Einav Tsengaoker, the mother of Matan, who was kidnapped in Gaza, who boldly announced that she would no longer vote for Netanyahu and that it was a mistake of her life when she voted for him in the past, solely because she went with the majority in the periphery who voted for him. Her words were harsh, piercing and eloquent. Like her, there are many others in the periphery who have lost their faith in Netanyahu.
When asked what she thought about Asnet Mark’s words that she slammed the protesters that there are a handful of bad people who incite and harm security, she did not stay obliging and slammed Mark for being the divisive and the instigator, against good people who came to raise her cry with her for the return of her son.
Einav spoke as none of the families of the abductees dared to speak, for fear that the Prime Minister would be offended and harm the efforts to free his loved ones. In a sharp and sharp monologue that would not embarrass the last of the speakers, she turned to the Prime Minister and asked him to vacate his place: “I revoke from you the mandate I gave you when I elected you. I am tired of you taking advantage of the weakness I am in to try to intimidate me.” And here she added an equally sharp sting to the Prime Minister’s wife: “Return Matan, and maybe then I will think about pleasing your wife who wants me to thank her.”
As for Levinson, Opira’s new partner, last night he disappointed and uttered complete nonsense, when he suggested to Yossi Cohen not to run for politics because they would strip him of his skin and make his life bitter.
I fell off the chair. What are you actually saying to Vinson? That you prefer quality people not to go into politics? You prefer losers and the inexperienced to run our lives, and whom you keep criticizing and judging? Without thinking about the wisdom of your words, you are actually at all flattering Netanyahu, because there is no person in the country whose skin has been stripped, more than Netanyahu’s skin, and despite this, he still holds on and does not break.
