The Israeli election has been a mix of fascinating and kinda bonkers:
“This would be a very dramatic test for Israeli democracy and the rule of law. He’ll use his majority to say: The people supported me, and who is the court to decide otherwise?” nytimes.com/2020/03/02/wor…
“This would be a very dramatic test for Israeli democracy and the rule of law. He’ll use his majority to say: The people supported me, and who is the court to decide otherwise?” nytimes.com/2020/03/02/wor…
Similar debates over whether democracy will die in Israel:
"Mr. Gantz, who had tried to rally Israelis behind the rule of law, had argued that even a narrow advantage for Mr. Netanyahu in Parliament could lead to a dangerous slide into autocracy"
"Mr. Gantz, who had tried to rally Israelis behind the rule of law, had argued that even a narrow advantage for Mr. Netanyahu in Parliament could lead to a dangerous slide into autocracy"
How to hold elections with Coronavirus quarantine:
Special polling places were set up in outdoor tents for people quarantined... Several thousand people in quarantine voted, but when election officials balked at counting their ballots, emergency medical technicians volunteered"
Special polling places were set up in outdoor tents for people quarantined... Several thousand people in quarantine voted, but when election officials balked at counting their ballots, emergency medical technicians volunteered"
The sordid:
"Gantz’s top strategist unburdened himself to a rabbi and, in the process, denigrated his client. The rabbi turned out to have been secretly recording their conversation... Another recording showed Mr. Netanyahu had been directly involved"
"Gantz’s top strategist unburdened himself to a rabbi and, in the process, denigrated his client. The rabbi turned out to have been secretly recording their conversation... Another recording showed Mr. Netanyahu had been directly involved"
Shame:
“I have a bad sense, even a sense of shame when facing you,” says President Rivlin
“I have a bad sense, even a sense of shame when facing you,” says President Rivlin
How not to win against a populist:
"By contrast, Mr. Gantz’s message, that Mr. Netanyahu had lost the moral authority to lead, was dour and one-note"
"By contrast, Mr. Gantz’s message, that Mr. Netanyahu had lost the moral authority to lead, was dour and one-note"
Possibly first hijab-wearer in Israeli parliamentary history:
"A religious Muslim woman in the list’s No. 15 spot, Iman Khatib Yasin, stood a chance of becoming the first hijab-wearing lawmaker in Israeli history"
"A religious Muslim woman in the list’s No. 15 spot, Iman Khatib Yasin, stood a chance of becoming the first hijab-wearing lawmaker in Israeli history"
