Let’s face it. A truth that should not be told in the corridors of the Knesset or in government offices: it is impossible to eradicate crime. It may be possible to reduce it, but it has always been and always will be. Nor does anyone have a magic formula to completely prevent acts of terrorism.
The big problem with the expectations you create are the severe disappointments that follow. The gap between expectations from a politician and his performance in the field, may lead to the end of his career, or – if he behaves correctly, to its flourishing.
In my opinion, Minister Ben Gvir has two options: to continue to conduct himself as if he is campaigning as a minister, or to realize that the maximum he can achieve (and that will be considered a success), is to create a sense of security in the public. A feeling of security is a feeling. A completely subjective feeling.
Therefore, Ben Gabir’s success depends on two moves that are not related to quarrels with the senior command staff, or militant statements at the epicenters of terrorist attacks. One, his ability to bring significant budgets to the police. And the second, the routing of these budgets for a massive increase in police officers and mobiles, at the level of a policeman or mobile in every neighborhood in Israel.
Once, when I was a kid, I always knew that if I yelled “police” there would be a monkey cop coming around the corner. This is the feeling – the sense of security that has been lost to the citizens. More and more people ask themselves: if I shout, will there be someone there to answer. A wise commander knows how to set applicable goals so that at the end of the battle he can say that he achieved his goals.
Right now, the election surprise seems to be crashing with full force into the impossible reality we live in. But the keys are all in his hands. If he acts correctly – he will buy his world, and if not, he may disappear in the next elections.
The writer is a strategy and communication consultant