We are now at the beginning of 2026 and sometime within the coming ten months Israel will go to elections. The various parties will go through whatever processes they have established, or perhaps yet change, to choose their lists. Those will be the choices that will be presented to us when we enter the voting booth later this year.

Regardless of who ends up on the ballot, and for whom any of us will cast our vote, whatever political stream we identify with, the nation of Israel should make a logical, timely and respectful decision that Benjamin Netanyahu should not be an option.

I write this without venom, without prejudice and without anger. Truth be told if we look past our personal feelings about the prime minister, one has to be in awe of his achievements whether or not we agree with all of his decisions.

His record of service to the State of Israel and the people of Israel is awesome:

1967-1973                 IDF Captain, Sayeret Matkal

1982-1984                 Deputy Chief of Mission, Israeli Embassy, Washington........

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