Published: 19 September 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
The four big questions that the next Israeli government will decide (The Conversation)
DOV WAXMAN: The decisions it reaches will significantly shape the future of the country and the relations among its citizens. The lives of non-citizen Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, who, of course, don’t get to vote in Israel’s national elections, will also be affected in many ways.
Israelis just saved their democracy (Bloomberg)
DANIEL GORDIS: Netanyahu wanted to annex Palestinian land, neuter the Supreme Court and put himself above the law. This week’s election means those things won’t happen
Netanyahu might be on his way out, but Israelis are still firmly right wing (972)
DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN: 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 Guardian view on Israel’s elections: it could be worse (Guardian)
Netanyahu is unfit for his office, as some voters are acknowledging, but the problems are bigger than him
Muddy results clearly show Israelis unfazed by prospect of life after Netanyahu (Times of Israel)
DAVID HOROVITZ: PM still has a multitude of options, but none of them are really much good. Electorate didn’t overwhelmingly endorse Gantz, but neither did it heed longtime PM’s cry of desperation
Photo: Ultra-Orthodox Jews watch Rabbi Israel Hager vote in Bnei Brak (AP/Oded Balilty)
