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.
"The extent of the war's impact on the main growth engines of the Israeli economy, especially technology and innovation, is relatively low," said Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.
"Endorsing murderous terrorist organizations like Hamas is repugnant, dangerous and against everything we stand for as a country,” says deputy White House spokesperson.
“I have no doubt that this visit will also help strengthen the connection and parliamentary work between the Knesset and the Bundestag,” said Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy.
“There’s a sense of urgency here that I haven’t felt before,” said Rabbi Moshe Lieblich, co-director of Chabad of Wilmington with his wife, Chana. “People are scared.”