This week in power: Election fallout and Synagogue attack

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

Netanyahu walks back
After a contentious Israeli election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ” target=”_blank”>said William Saletan at Slate.

In the days since, many are questioning what's in store for the future of U.S.-Israel relations. “The diplomatic relationship will face a day of reckoning. Liberals have a deep (and, in my opinion, correct) attachment to Israel’s founding ideals as a democratic haven for the Jewish people. They will have to adjust to a reality that is leaving them behind,” ” target=”_blank”>said David Bernstein in The Washington Post.

Synagogue fight
Six people were arrested after a ” target=”_blank”>wrote Rick Moran at American Thinker. “It remains to be seen what action will be taken by the police and synagogue officials to ensure that attacks like this don’t happen in the future, as Europe finds itself, once again, in the grip of anti-Semitism,”