NYT: ‘Daniel J. Wakin, Times Opinion’s deputy international editor, discussed the election with Diana Buttu, Yossi Klein Halevi, Dahlia Scheindlin and Bret Stephens.
(…) Halevi: The opposition generated tremendous energy. We haven’t seen this level of optimism for many years. The fact that Netanyahu has proved that he can’t be dislodged will be deeply demoralizing, and will likely affect the ability of the opposition to mobilize its public.’

And: ‘Buttu: Mr. Netanyahu’s political career (and in particular this election) is premised on the idea of forever wars. Forever wars keep him in power even though it is abundantly clear that he is the instigator of these wars. In short, he starts the fire and sells Israelis the water needed to put out the fire.’

The arsonist disguised as a fireman, or a politician. We’ve seen this before.

More Bibi in the months ahead. A cold winter, to say the least.

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