After three disastrous years, Israel needs to rethink itself. A new government would be a start | Dahlia Scheindlin
The Guardian ·
Only a clear opposition victory would let us begin to heal, strengthen democracy and establish Palestinian rights Dahlia Scheindlin is a Tel Aviv-based political analyst Israel’s 27 October election is fast approaching, with little clarity about who will win. But Benjamin Netanyahu is more likely to lose . His polling is poor , and the fractious opposition parties may yet find a way to form the next government. What would such a government do? Most of the Zionist opposition parties, the frontrunners to lead such a coalition, have offered bromides about good governance and unifying the country. Others have focused on more specific plans to establish a state commission of inquiry into the government’s failures around the attacks of 7 October 2023, and end the exemption from military service enjoyed by most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men. Dahlia Scheindlin is a Tel Aviv-based political analyst and author of The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel Continue reading...