Whether or not you agree with Bibi's religious faith and/or his politics in theory or in practice - and I'm guessing that most people outside Israel are pretty ignorant about the actuality of Bibi's time in power in more than a general sense - the big items that come across in the interview are:
Courage, huge unapologetic self-confidence…
Whether or not you agree with Bibi's religious faith and/or his politics in theory or in practice - and I'm guessing that most people outside Israel are pretty ignorant about the actuality of Bibi's time in power in more than a general sense - the big items that come across in the interview are:
Courage, huge unapologetic self-confidence, big dollops of optimism, a refreshingly plain speaker, a leader who knows exactly what he's aiming for and can express that in a coherent and realistic way. I realised while listening that we have no leaders in the Western democracies - apart from maybe Zelensky - who are able to do this. They are all scared stiff of speaking honestly about the basics that we depend on our governments to provide and are - mostly - apologetic mumblers petrified of being called 'deniers', 'racist', 'sexist', various forms of phobic and so on.
Bibi is accused of all sorts of nasty things including corruption and I have no idea whether there's any truth in any of it, however, as I listened couldn't help wishing more of our democracies had leaders as ready to watch our backs as Bibi is to watch the backs of his people.
Whether or not you agree with Bibi's religious faith and/or his politics in theory or in practice - and I'm guessing that most people outside Israel are pretty ignorant about the actuality of Bibi's time in power in more than a general sense - the big items that come across in the interview are:
Courage, huge unapologetic self-confidence, big dollops of optimism, a refreshingly plain speaker, a leader who knows exactly what he's aiming for and can express that in a coherent and realistic way. I realised while listening that we have no leaders in the Western democracies - apart from maybe Zelensky - who are able to do this. They are all scared stiff of speaking honestly about the basics that we depend on our governments to provide and are - mostly - apologetic mumblers petrified of being called 'deniers', 'racist', 'sexist', various forms of phobic and so on.
Bibi is accused of all sorts of nasty things including corruption and I have no idea whether there's any truth in any of it, however, as I listened couldn't help wishing more of our democracies had leaders as ready to watch our backs as Bibi is to watch the backs of his people.