Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz spent decades in the army perfecting his aim in regular target practice.

He has now had just over a month in politics to figure out how to target Israelis. His maiden address at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds on Tuesday night indicated that he hit the bullseye.

In the United States, new politicians are taught to focus on unquestioned consensus American values like motherhood and apple pie.

Gantz, who served for two years as the IDF attaché in Washington, appeared to find the Israeli equivalent in his speech, with slogans about the IDF and promises of clean governance.

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