With elections looming in 2026, Israel’s Left trots out fading stars
Except, perhaps, for one person: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
More than two years later, it is clear that while the coming elections will indeed unfold in the shadow of the massacre seared into the consciousness of every Israeli, they will not revolve around it alone. Over the course of two years, Israelis have returned to their familiar disputes and entrenched political battles — for better, and mostly for worse.
The new secular year, which begins this week, will be an election year in Israel, and given the alternatives already on the table, it is possible to say in advance: These will be bad elections.
What issues will dominate the campaign, and who will remain standing at the end?
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