Shimon Shiffer
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The year ahead: Israel cannot move forward without confronting the past (opens the original)
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On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the election polls told us that Israel’s rival political camps were running neck and neck. A tie? I asked myself. How can there be a tie after everything that has happened here in recent years?A tie after cemeteries filled with the graves of civilians and soldiers killed while Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was in power? A tie after we were exposed to the detailed warnings the prime minister received about what Yahya Sinwar was preparing to do, as described by Shlom
Netanyahu’s real election test isn’t when he woke up on Oct. 7, but his record in power (opens the original)
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Tomorrow afternoon, the first representatives of Israel’s political parties will arrive at the Central Elections Committee to submit their candidate lists for the 26th Knesset. Until the filing period closes Tuesday at 10 p.m., we will hear about mergers, last-minute recruits and those pushed off the slates, who will soon be watching events in the Knesset on television instead of taking part in them.But amid all the maneuvering over names and positions, the most interesting story is Benjamin Net
What will be left of Israel after this government is gone? (opens the original)
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The most fitting line I heard after we saw the images of MK Zvi Sukkot of the Religious Zionism party trying to smash a memorial to terrorists in the Palestinian village of Madama in the West Bank came from his party colleague, MK Ohad Tal.“Have we decided to commit suicide once and for all?” he asked.For me, that immediately raised another question, one that goes well beyond Sukkot himself.Assuming a different government is elected next time, will it even be possible to repair all the fractures
And now Turkey: Netanyahu risks an eighth front in Israel’s forever war (opens the original)
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The last time Israel found itself in a major confrontation with Turkey, 10 Turkish citizens were killed when Israeli naval commandos boarded a ship attempting to break the blockade of Gaza. Israel was eventually forced to pay $20 million in compensation to the victims’ families, and Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a phone call joined by Barack Obama.Now our side is once again picking a fight with Erdoğan, who is threatening to strike back after Israeli aircraft attacked
The king is naked: What Israel’s next election will really be about (opens the original)
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What will the election 73 days from now be about?We find ourselves in a situation reminiscent of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” The king told his subjects that his clothes were “made of a magical fabric: they are invisible to anyone who is unfit for his position or unusually stupid.” Everyone suspected they were being deceived, but feared being branded fools. Until a child arrived and said in astonishment: “But the king is actually naked.”You will decide at the ballot box
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