Current Events, Episode 141

Current Events: Israeli Elections 2022

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On November 1, 2022, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu staged a comeback, winning Israel’s 5th election in 4 years. He ran on a hard right-wing ticket, legitimizing right-wing extremists who had previously been considered untouchable, and whose party, Religious Zionism, is now the third largest in the Knesset, potentially giving them unprecedented power over the State of Israel. What's going on? It's a tug of war for Israel's soul between two opposing camps: Democratic Israel and Jewish Israel. In this quick post-election analysis, we'll delve into what happened, why, and where we go from here.