The next president will assume office after what will be remembered as a laughably poor voter turnout amid an economy shattered by the coronavirus and years of U.S. sanctions.
Israel Resilience Party leader and prime-ministerial hopeful Benny Gantz raised the ire of Israeli right-wingers after his first interview indicated his favorable opinion of the 2005 Gaza disengagement, in which 8,500 Jews were forcibly removed from Gaza in a unilateral bid to grant Palestinians land for a state.
With its elected leaders hamstrung by unelected lawyers, the likelihood that Israel will be capable of conceiving and carrying out a policy to block Iran's rise as a nuclear power is not high.
“It’s disgusting that a prestigious American university would aid and abet antisemitic agitators,” said Mark Rienzi, president of Becket and an attorney for the students.
Meanwhile, Israeli and Brazilian officials have begun initial discussions to coordinate president-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s visit to Israel soon after he is sworn into office.