A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:
Netatyahu wins
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won his reelection big in a close race this week, but many say that doesn't close any open wounds for Israel. “Benjamin Netanyahu was poised to return to power. But there was a cloud over his apparent turnaround, the result of an increasingly shrill campaign that raised questions about his ability to heal Israel’s internal wounds or better its standing in the world,” ” target=”_blank”>said Jonathan Alter at The Daily Beast. “But his decision to talk about Arab citizens of Israel in the manner in which he did could divide Israeli society in calamitous ways. I suppose he could try to walk all of this back. I'm not sure, at this point, who would believe him,” ” target=”_blank”>addresses his son's first bout with antisemtism. “My son is strong. He is fortunate to live in a country where anti-Semitism is rare. But now he too has learned of the dangers that he as a Jew must face. It's a lesson that I wish I didn't have to teach him, a lesson I hope he will never have to teach his children,” Douglas writes. He was was recently ” target=”_blank”>wrote Aaron Goldstein at The American Spectator.
