Israel or Judea, democracy or religion: What the 2026 election was really about - opinion
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The 2026 elections raised a fundamental question about whether Israel can reconcile its Jewish national identity with equal political citizenship.
In October 1997, during his first term as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu leaned in to whisper to the elderly Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri, unaware that nearby microphones were recording. The leftists, he said, “have forgotten what it means to be Jewish.”Nearly three decades later, that remark still echoes through Israeli politics.The political deadlock of 2019 to 2022, which sent Israel to five elections, was…
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