The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies
On August 27, 2019, Haaretz contended in an editorial that a genuine opposition to right-wing rule in Israel, particularly in the political-security sphere, is notably absent. The stark realization of this deficiency becomes increasingly apparent amidst the heightened confrontation between Israel and Iran, which extends across multiple locations in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.
While it is not possible to rely solely on public opinion polls to predict the results of the upcoming Israeli Knesset elections, which will be held on September 17th, they still remain the almost sole indicator of those results. They also serve as a catalyst for various political movements within the Israeli party scene on the eve of these elections. According to the latest public opinion polls, there seems to be some stability in the strength of the party lists participating in the elections. It also indicates, perhaps more than anything else, that the right-wing camp, including Avigdor Lieberman's "Yisrael Beiteinu" party and the ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews, is ahead of what is known as the centrist-left camp. However, it also suggests that Prime Minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu can only form the next
It is difficult to speculate from the current point in time about the results that may arise from the upcoming Israeli elections for the 22nd Knesset, scheduled for September 17th. This matter is still linked to various factors, including the formation of new alliances or the reshaping of previous ones, as is the case, for example, between right-wing settler parties, Arab parties, the Labor and Meretz parties, and even within the "Blue and White" alliance. Alongside this, it is not difficult to point out several aspects in the context of these elections that appear clearer and indicate a certain direction or directions towards which these elections
Observers confirm that the two major issues that the upcoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu will be preoccupied with are: firstly, the pursuit of imposing what is known as "Israeli sovereignty" over settlers in the occupied West Bank, meaning the annexation of large parts of the West Bank. Secondly, the enactment of a law that undermines the powers of the
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The Repercussions of the War against Gaza on Israel's Relations with Russia and Turkey: Will There Be Fundamental Changes?
On the collapse of the concept of "moving away from America and the West and replacing them with new friends": "Netanyahu was looking for comfortable political partners, even at the cost of harming Israel's national security."
Israeli Affairs (Issue no. 91)
