Long story short : no “historic” nor “dramatic” victories for either sides of the political spectrum, people still voted the same way they did less then a year ago (a shocker I know!).
Israelis are still very much right wingers geopolitically and center-left wing economically
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1.On the morning of Wednesday, March 23rd, 1994, at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, a Palestinian terrorist had opened fire towards a Victor Lescheber , a security guard in the near by Income Tax authority building.
In 1991 Victor made aliyah to Israel from Russia with his family. They lived in Pisgat Ze'ev. Victor, who was a computer programmer in the USSE, could not find a job due to language difficulties, so he worked as a security guard.
The terrorist shot at Victor at close range, while he was on his way to work, the terrorist then stole his gun and fled.
Victor was seriously injured, and succumbed to his wounds that night at Hadassah Hospital in #Jerusalem
1. On March 21st 1978 , Palestinian terrorists in Lebanon shelled heavily Israeli civilians communities along the #Israel-#Lebanon border
The shelling began at evening hours as people began returning home from work.
At the time of the shelling Shim’on Arussi and two other members of Kibbutz Menara drove back to the kibbutz in the from the agricultural fields where they worked, when a shell hit near the vehicle.
Shim’on and another passenger, Menachem Carmin were murdered on the spot. The 3rd passenger was severely wounded. It took some time until the emergency forces managed to reach the vehicle