Dyer: Hope is not lost after Israeli election
Aluf Benn, the editor of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, has been a steady voice of moderation and common sense amid the dogmatism and extremism of so many other observers, but he is about to give up. This is what he wrote after last Tuesday’s election.
“Voting (in Israel) is driven by identity and by tribal loyalties, not by voters’ reactions to external events or by their desire to reward or punish the outgoing government for its........
