Shmuel Rosner is an Israeli columnist, editor, and researcher. He is the editor of the research and data-journalism website themadad.com, and is the political editor of the Jewish Journal.
If you feel that the old Israel is gone, and a new Israel was born last week, when a coalition of right-wing and religious parties won a majority, go back to square one. Obviously, you’ve missed more than a few developments that brought us to this point.
In a democracy the majority does not rule; the participating-majority rules.
The fifth round looks like a prelude to a sixth round.
As much as we dislike politics, and five rounds of elections in Israel give us many reasons to dislike politics, or merely hope for a brief respite from having to think about politics – Election Day is 10 days away.
It’s an hour or so after the first day of Sukkot, and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu goes back on Twitter to send the following message: “Behind the backs of the citizens of Israel and the Knesset, Lapid and Gantz surrendered to Hezbollah’s blackmail”.
The question of whether this is the right point for Israel depends on priorities.
In the past year that ends this weekend, leading to Rosh Hashanah, “no significant deepening of any of the acute challenges facing the Jewish people was observed.
In the past year that ends this weekend, leading to Rosh Hashanah, “no significant deepening of any of the acute challenges facing the Jewish people was observed.
If there’s chutzpah in this world – then this is it.
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