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A guide to Israel’s never-ending elections
Israeli citizens will once again vote on whether to keep Netanyahu in power — and decide just how far right the country will go.
By
Haggai Matar
February 19, 2021
PODCAST: Why is Netanyahu suddenly courting Palestinian voters?
After years of inciting against Palestinian citizens of Israel, Bibi does an about-face. +972's Edo Konrad and Amjad Iraqi make sense of another election.
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Edo Konrad
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Amjad Iraqi
January 29, 2021
Why are Israeli generals such terrible politicians?
The popular myth that army generals have the skills to excel in politics will continue so long as Israeli society idealizes the military and masculinity.
By
Noa Balf
December 11, 2020
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Netanyahu is dismantling the Israeli ‘kingdom’ — and that’s a good thing
Netanyahu is tearing down the state's institutions, and in the process unmasking the sludge of seven decades' worth of racism and supremacism.
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Meron Rapoport
August 31, 2020
How Netanyahu mainstreamed his dark, anti-democratic vision for Israel
By attacking the judiciary, bringing extremists into his coalition, and trying to subvert voting rights, Benjamin Netanyahu has presented a dark vision of an anti-democratic future for Israeli politics. By Harry Reis Benjamin Netanyahu emerged from September’s repeat elections a failure. Denied his desired majority, the prime minister’s only real hope of retaining power now…
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October 4, 2019
Likud vs Likud: How Revisionist Zionism conquered Israeli politics
Israel’s elections have been billed as a clash of the titans between Netanyahu and Gantz. But no matter who wins, the real victory goes to Vladimir Jabotinsky, the grandfather of the Likud. In what should be regarded as a historic photograph taken last Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the head of the Likud party, and Benny…
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Amjad Iraqi
September 26, 2019
Netanyahu’s exit could make it harder to fight occupation from the outside
Without a cartoon villain to rail against, the energy required to end the occupation is in danger of dissipating. By Aron Keller Given that Benjamin Netanyahu presided over the rightward shift of Israeli society and the hollowing out of its democratic institutions, the prospect of seeing his decade-long grip on the Prime Minister’s Office end…
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September 25, 2019
Otzma Yehudit is out. Does that mean Israelis reject Kahanism?
While the Kahanist Otzma Yehudit party failed to pass the electoral threshold, the latest national elections in Israel saw the normalization of Kahane’s particular brand of overt racism. Twenty-one years ago, Rabbi Meir Kahane stared into the camera during an election ad for his Kach party and told viewers, “[the Arabs of Israel] want to kill…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
September 19, 2019
Elections reveal a seismic split within Israel’s right
Once the ascendant elite, the settler movement’s political power is on the decline. By Meron Rapoport While political analysts wonder if we have come to the end of the Netanyahu era, little attention is being paid to another major outcome of this election — that is, the decline of the national religious movement’s political power.…
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September 19, 2019
Netanyahu might be on his way out, but Israelis remain firmly right wing
Voters might be weary of Netanyahu’s decade-long reign, but the numbers show that the vast majority of Israelis remain consistent in their voting habits. The cashier at an organic food shop in Tel Aviv was a burly man with a crew-cut. I asked if he had voted, but he didn’t understand the question. Then he explained in halting…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
September 18, 2019
The end of the Netanyahu era doesn’t mean the end of the occupation
If Netanyahu is replaced, things might actually get worse for Palestinians. As election results started pouring in Tuesday night, one could hear a sigh of relief – and even some cries of joy – among Israelis who identify with the center-left. According to near-final results, the right absorbed a serious blow. Its voter intimidation campaign failed to deter Palestinian…
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Haggai Matar
September 18, 2019
Israeli citizens are driving Bedouin voters to the polls in droves
After the Central Elections Committee banned a civil society group from busing Bedouin voters to the polls, dozens of Israelis are stepping in to ensure all citizens have a chance to participate in the elections. Between Netanyahu’s rabid anti-Arab incitement and credible rumors of Election Day violence, concerns about voter suppression in Israel are at an all-time high. Several civil…
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Oren Ziv
September 17, 2019
Why Israelis are going to the polls for a second time this year
Five things you should know about the second Israeli national elections in six months. By +972 Magazine Staff How do Israeli elections work? Israel is a multi-party system, which means several parties will be competing for citizens’ votes come Election Day. There are 5.8 million Israeli citizens who are eligible to vote this time. Of the…
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September 16, 2019
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