THE CURRENT → ELECTION SPECIAL Issue 779 · September 25, 2019

Crumbling Right

Bibi is like the coach whose team is trailing with less than two minutes to go and has used his last timeout

Crumbling Right
How the Right Lost Its Might

 

Two inconclusive elections in six months prove that Israel’s fractious and fractured right-wing has lost altitude, despite polls showing that a majority of Israeli voters are right-wing.

To a major extent, the blame for that falls on Binyamin Netanyahu’s shoulders as both 2019 elections have been a referendum on his rule.

It’s time to face facts. Despite Netanyahu’s numerous accomplishments during his record-setting tenure as prime minister, he failed to lead the right-wing bloc to victory in two successive elections.

Politics is like football. Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. Bibi is like the coach whose team is trailing with less than two minutes to go and has used his last timeout.

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