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I think I will vote for Eisenkot. Yair Golan is also good, but Eisenkot feels to me as the most mature, sensible and genuine. Lapid was my favourite in recent campaigns but I am tired if hearing him talking too much about Ultra Orthodox and draft dodging (instead of more sharp and brave statements on foreign policy) it starts to sound like a broken record. You?

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https://x.com/gantzbe/status/2104924442350502210?s=20

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Thank you very much Leo. It isn't easy for me but I try 😄 I feel I am succeeding better now at showing Israel as 360° as possible. It is true that it requires showing the unpleasant sides as well, but overall I feel fulfilled that I get to show the light side too, which is very important to me.

https://x.com/naamalazimi/status/2105949966115979738?s=20

Of course in the edge there are Jewish terrorists and people who are more violent physically and rhetorically and more prone to actually supporting the direct and intentional killing of Arab civilians, who, I think, are less than 0.1%. On the other hand, the spectrum of people who want to frighten Palestinians in order to deter them or make them want to leave is wider among the far-right.

https://x.com/YairGolan1/status/2105336642865172634?s=20

The thing is that the haters are the loudest ones. The real picture is not that dark. And anyway it can be changed if a sane government will be elected here.

I think the motivation of even the far-right in my country is not to kill Palestinians, but to annex their territories in a form of living with them in the land they percieved as first and foremost belong to them (the Jews). In Gaza the motivation of the far-right is I think to make them leave.

But more personally, the beginning of the service, in the course, which was half a year when returning home once a week, when I am stuck with couple of very difficult people in class that made fun of the fact I was nervous to speak in front of of the class and stuttered here and there (today barely have this problem with speaking in front of people but then it was scary) and their chose to laugh and to drop some remarks my way. Right this not as difficult as fighting terrorists but still, mentally this was a real trial by fire in many ways, but was also pleasant and exciting later in this course when I overcame this gradually. So straight to your question, this was the most difficult thing for me.

In the first two weeks of basic training yes. After that I had a course, and during the regular service the work relationships were quite normal.

Nothing that helps more than bying food 😄 Quite ok because I wasn't in the field most of the time (not in a combatant unit) But a little break first before studying 🙃

A week of guard duty in the desert, at night, in February and on a mountain(!) How insanely cold it was

I don't feel soldier at all since october 2009 after 3 years of service it is more than enough for me, thanks

https://x.com/yairlapid/status/2105245383853257042?s=20

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Actually he didn't win in three election campaigns between 2019 and 2020 because none of the sectors have reached 61 seats to establish a coalition, and then lost in 2021 and won in 2022 so there is still hope (:

Now he is saying that "There are signs our enemies are planning to attack us close to the elections". This is going to be a stormy month.

https://x.com/netanyahu/status/2104892862600970555?s=20

My view is that its impossible to think ourselves into a stage but only through dealing with our personal life issues and mental and emotional challenges.

@Raze From my experience I think your interpretation of Israelis' motivations is wrong

What eats Israel from inside

Charisma is such a powerful tool that can cause very serious problems if the wrong person holds it. Democracy is maybe the best method we have seen so far, but it is still a bad one. I think Meritocracy should be the next level.

But Ra'am isn't part of the Joint List these days, and this alliance include parties whose rhetoric is seen as extreme by many Israelis. But even if we ignore this detail, we still get around 35% of Israeli Jews who don't support disqualifying these Arab parties, which is no less significant.