Yet when the scales are balanced and the book of judgment closes on the year 5779, the Jewish People are thriving
This was the year in which the State of Israel let the Knesset lie fallow, after the parliamentary body dissolved itself for new elections not just once, but twice.
This was also the year of the “constitutional crisis,” pitting a weak and badly divided government against a hyperactive Supreme Court.
This was the year in which Prime Minister Netanyahu’s grip on power grew precarious due to protracted corruption investigations.
This was also the year in which Israeli politics was torn asunder from within. A new party, Blue and White, led mainly by former generals, has given the Likud its stiffest challenge in more than a decade.
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