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In Israel’s Orwellian elections, national ‘unity’ means no Arabs, self-censorship is rife, ‘freedom’ is vague and fear is a core political asset Source: https://www.haaretz.com
If you’re angry, confused, repelled or fascinated by the election campaign that’s the fight of Netanyahu’s life, and the potential birth of a new political…
Despite what Trump may think, U.S. Jews can’t vote in Israel’s elections. But if they could, the political chasm between them and most Israelis –…
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What begins as election campaign spin can, during coalition bargaining, turn into an official agenda that makes the temporary apartheid permanent Source: https://www.haaretz.com
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The Israeli right is not so subtly moving toward an atmosphere of disenfranchising non-Jewish voters. Palestinian citizens of Israel who boycott the elections may not…
The recognition that every vote counts is particularly true for this race, with its dramatic implications for Israel’s future Source: https://www.haaretz.com
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Gantz is preferable because on Election Day, you have to choose reality, not dreams. And he offers Israel a better reality than Netanyahu does Source:…
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Neither the right nor the left in their present form suit most Israeli citizens, and the old bipolar situation has become an anachronism Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The problem is that ‘opposition’ candidates Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and generations of Israelis suckled an outsized fear of anti-Semitism with their mother’s milk Source:…
Germany once greeted the extreme right with apathy and scorn. We’ve accepted ours with apathy and silence – a troublesome silence that makes a statement …
The premier himself hints that we’d be worse off without him, but Israel owes its recent success to factors beyond his control Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The prime minister’s political career of nothing but himself is over and it doesn’t matter whether it happens in the coming election or immediately afterwards …
Israel’s security forces have warned the security cabinet of the potential for a conflagration, but facing these assessments and proposals is a governmental vacuum that…