In the world of religious youth movements, there are two types of leaders: "Moses," who is distant, but is prophetically inspired and knows what the people he leads need, not want; and "Aaron," who loves peace and pursues peace, who listens to the people and knows how to lead and "influence from within."
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Based on the leadership of Yamina head Naftali Bennett, the time has come to add a third type to the list: the one that combines the worst of both worlds. Bennett is detached from the public like Moses and a populist like Aaron.
He has no public support and no legitimacy to serve as prime minister, yet he has convinced himself that he is a figure of historic proportions. To use the biblical metaphor again, Bennett would be the one to build the Golden Calf and break the tablets.
Everything he does, he claims, is for the sake of the people. Whoever has been following Bennett's posts lately could not help but notice his megalomania. "My people" is the recurring theme of countless Facebook posts and interviews. Bennett speaks as if he is an absolute monarch or a biblical prophet.
"When I see my people suffering because of leadership failures, I cannot stand idly by; I love my people; My people are hurt, and I will dedicate my whole life to healing the wound," are just several of hundreds more that come up in a simple Google search. This must also be how he justifies his denials, lies, manipulations, and scams.
Bennett is of the opinion that the end justifies the means. His purist idealism attracted the national-religious youth, who granted him a record 12 seats in the Knesset, but it has turned into a cult of personality.
According to Bennett, not only is the Likud the only reason behind all that ails us, but everything will only be resolved once we let him take over the wheel.
Bennett has come a long way since his promise for a new type of politics from when he started out in 2013 to his current Hellenistic approach of "politics is a continuation of the war."
The Yamina leader may soon become a prime minister with zero public support. Even his own voters are remorseful. In Bennett's megalomaniacal journey, we, "his people," have become irrelevant.
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