1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to the scene of the deadly terrorist attack near Hebron two days ago, in which Staff Sgt. Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sgt. Yuval Shai Svilem were killed, and announced that the IDF had prepared plans for a sweeping operation in the West Bank "unlike anything carried out since the Six-Day War."
"It's coming," he emphasized.
Well, then: If you were looking for the real election results — a preview of what awaits us if Netanyahu wins the election in two days — you have your answer: "It's coming."
And if that's the case, what exactly have we been through until now?
But Netanyahu also intends to lead us into another round of war with Iran, so get your reinforced safe rooms ready.
And when it comes to the sanctions the international community intends to impose on the banking system, Netanyahu plans to circumvent the sanctions regime by using cryptocurrencies, just as Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela do.
This is not inflammatory rhetoric from his opponents. If you vote for Netanyahu, this is what you will get — straight from the horse's mouth, as they say.
2. The poet Andrei Voznesensky, one of the Soviet Union's greatest poets of the 20th century, wrote in his poem "Untitled":
"There is no need for evasive words, no need for nonsense. We are the children of the cult of personality, we are its flesh and blood. We grew up in a two-faced fog, between delusions of grandeur and poverty of spirit."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Those words were written about rulers who governed the vast Russian steppes.
They reminded me of the endless articles we have encountered ahead of the election about Netanyahu, as recounted by "his closest friend" or "the man who was closest to Netanyahu and has decided that the time has come to speak."
Allow me to say this: It is pathetic.
We do not need them.
Anyone who wanted to listen, anyone who followed Netanyahu's private and public conduct throughout his years in the public eye, watched in horror at everything they saw.
Or the opposite: Those who fell under his spell angrily dismissed every criticism directed at him.
And now, two days before the election, we have a 77-year-old candidate with underlying medical conditions typical of his age and a long list of outrageous remarks, including claims that "leftists have forgotten what it means to be Jewish" and that they "think they can put our security in the hands of the Arabs, and the Arabs will take care of us."
The light-colored jackets they dress him in only accentuate his advanced age.
3. This week, I read an opinion column in Yedioth Ahronoth by Boaz Haetzni, who wrote of Gadi Eisenkot that there is nothing illegal about being on the left, but that he should identify himself as such.
Eisenkot has nothing to prove.
Gadi Eisenkot
(Photo: Yariv Katz)
His actions, statements and way of life have prepared him to lead a country that needs to repair everything that has been broken.
4. A brief word about two figures who grew up in the Likud ranks.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said that every attack and every act of terrorism would be laid at the feet of Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett, Yair Golan and their fellow opposition members.
Defense Minister Israel Katz
(Photo: IDF)
The truth is, we have to admit it: This man in the Defense Ministry is dangerous.
God help us.
Meanwhile, Tzachi Hanegbi announced that he would not vote for Likud.
I read his announcement alongside a report that chef Orel Kimchi, who worked for Joël Robuchon, had discovered that "his mashed potatoes are one big sham."
Indeed. So is Tzachi Hanegbi.
5. The poet Israel Eliraz offers the following words in his poem "And One Must Become Truly Free":
"We must always, even inadvertently, be what we were before the moment we forgot who we are. We must approach life, and perhaps death as well, as a business negotiation in which, even if everything has already been decided, we are free at any moment to reopen the discussion, as though no agreement had ever been reached."
I promise you: The actual election results will not disappoint you.
Benjamin Netanyahu is finished.