Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN s views and policy positions.
Is this Week’s Palestinian Violence Netanyahu’s Parting Sin?
Q. What is more significant for Israel’s overall wellbeing this week: forming a post-Netanyahu unity government, or managing and reducing Palestinian violence in Jerusalem and Gaza?
A. Only a rational coalition not ruled by a paranoid pyromaniac like Benjamin Netanyahu can
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Israel s next election is not just about Netanyahu
Opinion: Regardless of the outcome when polls are counted after March 23, politicians will have to not only decide whether to join another Likud coalition, but also how to handle issues such as the Palestinian conflict and poverty in Arab & Haredi sectors
Sever Plocker |
Published: 03.12.21 , 00:09
It has become customary to divide the parties running in the March 23 election into the pro- and anti-Netanyahu camps, or more accurately, the probability of them joining a coalition headed by the incumbent prime minister.
It is a reasonable method of categorization, but not the only one. Going deeper and looking over the various parties manifestos and ideologies, especially on the Palestinian conflict, creates new divisions not seen at a first glance.
Religious Zionism, led by Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir passes threshold with five seats ■ Prime Minister Netanyahu's Likud party is still the biggest party with 28 seats, according to the Channel 13 poll