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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Well, this shoots down the idea proposed by many on the left in the U.S. that our problems would vanish if we had more than two viable political parties!

Merlin Dorfman's avatar

Netanyahu ran at the last election saying he would keep Israel safe, and that he was the best person to keep the alliance with the US strong. He failed on both counts.

Keith Morgenheim's avatar

Yes, thank you for the thoughtful realistic analysis. Any optimism needs to be tempered.

Michael Alan Dover, PhD's avatar

Thank you for your analysis, Yael. Your points about younger voters drifting right is worrisome. But vote for who? The personalities of Netanyahu, Bennet and Lapid do not seem particularly appealing. But I watched this free new documentary on Gadi Eisenhot:

https://streamisrael.tv/programs/facts-gadi-eisenkot-43ddd4?category_id=279790

He has charm and seems thoughtful and connected to people and human emotions. His caring approach may appeal to a neglected block of voters noted in Haaretz (gift link): https://tinyurl.com/NewElectoralThreatOldPeople.

Scheindlin's article also mentions young voters cutting right, but that they may support opposition candidates. Judy Maltz reports data (gift link) showing a plurality may even support Netanyahu: https://tinyurl.com/IsraeliYoungVoters

Scheindlin's suggests that voters 65 or older continue to be more center and left, and they are 18-19 percent of the electorate, but reports efforts to defund pandemic era placing of voting stations in nursing homes.

Times of Israel also reports on this: https://www.timesofisrael.com/coalition-said-resisting-voting-booths-in-some-old-age-homes-to-hurt-opposition/. Another Bibi page from Trump's voter suppression book?