Mar 15, 2016 at 12:00 AM |
The New York Review of Books
March 15, 2016
Imagine a white American president calling on whites to vote because 'blacks are voting in large numbers'.
David Shulman
Benjamin Netanyahu has won again. He will have no difficulty putting together a solid right-wing coalition. But the naked numbers may be deceptive. What really counts is the fact that the Israeli electorate is still dominated by hypernationalist, in some cases proto-fascist, figures. It is in no way inclined to make peace. It has given a clear mandate for policies that preclude any possibility of moving toward a settlement with the Palestinians and that will further deepen Israel's colonial venture in the Palestinian territories, probably irreversibly. Read full article...
|