Opinion  Sima Kadmon
Gantz speaks, and the right goes wild
Sima Kadmon
Published: 15.01.19, 20:11
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1. Benny Gantz
Raoul Schur   (01.15.19)
Benny Gantz has my vote!
2. unfortunately Gantz will probably be next PM
zionist forever   (01.15.19)
Sadly it looks like an individual who has never set foot in the Knesset before and has no clear policy is going to be the next PM. Love or hate Netanyahu just being n ex general doesn't make him PM material and its not good for the country to have a rookie enter politics as PM, he needs experience.
Unfortunately though if Netanyahu is indicted before the election the little parties will be worried about their image if they form a coalition with Netanyahu when they are also willing to do business with Gantz so even if Likud does fnish largest party if Gantz can lead a coalition and Netanyahu cannot then he will be appointed PM.
3. A leftist or just plain dumb: it’s the same thing....
(01.15.19)
4. Imbecile Zima never misses a chance to exaggerate
Steve Benassi ,   Minneapolis USA   (01.15.19)
5. Gantz
Jean ,   La Seyne   (01.16.19)
Brave man. Brave soldier.
6. Gantz Shmantz
Disillusioned   (01.16.19)
Gantz is a nice man, a decent man, an honourable sort. But what in the name of sanity is wrong with this nation for making such a to-do about giving him so much credit only because he's a former Chief of Staff? Reasonable as his tenure was, it was nothing outstanding either.

Have we become so desperate for new blood that is thus far untainted by corruption and scandal that someone who starts a party but doesn't even say WHY, or for what purpose, or with any form of vision stated from the start - be it a good or bad one - is immediately given 15 mandates? I mean , for goodness sake, not even to hold a press conference, present himself to the country and ask for their support, quite frankly, a mark of disrespect, let alone incompetence.

This is, as usual, all about ego. He's loving the mystery, playing a game. Most of all, he's actually looking for a party. It has a name (and a rather stupid one) but that's just about it. Here's how it plays out:

I am going to vote for Resilience. I don't know what it's about, I don't know how it'll handle my children's education, my 7 hour wait in the emergency room, I have no idea what its stand is on the Palestinians, or on foreign relations, or on policing. I don't know who else will be involved. But hey, what's a policy or two in the equation?

Many a new party has come, and has gone. I think this is a case of - and allow me to even use (more or less) Mr Corruption's own words: in Gantz there was nothing, still is nothing, and and there still will be nothing.

To the "instant messiah" seekers already going to waste their precious votes on yet another fly-by-night instead of strengthening the opposition, - go for the party with the best manifesto, the best plan and hard-working MKs. Stop falling for media speculation.
7. israels right is so narcissistic and vulnerable
(01.16.19)
they think what anyone else does is their problem, insecure and power crazed.
8. Another controversy: Has to be retired from public service?
Avram Goldsmith ,   Toronto -Kiriat Gat   (01.16.19)
Isarel became a hub for unexperience leaders which only sacrifice Israel for sake of their career?
9. He's gantz worthless as politician (for the German-speaking)
(01.16.19)
10. Ynet; why be afraid of publishing
Me   (01.16.19)
That under the left people were starving.
There was an austerity Soviet union style
11. He did not show much resilience
Bar Star ,   Jerusalem   (01.16.19)
to Druze's demands but he tested Israel's resilience by allowing Hamas to bombard country for two months during last war. So it's a perfect name for his party.
12. Israel needs courageous rightist patriots to lead!
Chaim ,   Israel   (01.16.19)
When we look at Benny Gantz, we are looking at someone with a blank record and leftist tendencies. This combination equals DISASTER! We have had this experience before and it always ends up with insane Israeli concessions and many Israelis being maimed and murdered by our mortal "Palestinian" foes. Israel needs the OPPOSITE of Gantz. We need courageous rightist patriots to take the reins of power. People like Bennett, Shaked and Regev.
13. All we've discovered is, that he's not mute& still is a zero
(01.18.19)
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