Tuesday's elections could end Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political career
JALUD, West Bank — Israel's elections Tuesday could mark the end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's decades-long political career. But his legacy in the Israeli-occupied West Bank — of massive settlement expansion, the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians and the empowerment of armed settler extremists — will likely endure, even if his opponents seek to rein it in. Israelis are…
Israel's elections on Tuesday may signal the end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long political tenure. However, his impact on the West Bank, where he oversaw extensive settlement expansion, forced displacement of thousands of Palestinians, and bolstering of armed settler factions, is likely to remain. Israelis are deeply split over Netanyahu's leadership and moral standing, yet they broadly back settlement growth and oppose a Palestinian state.
Consequently, even though his rivals promise to clamp down on settler violence and dismantle the most contentious outposts, they mostly reject a two-state solution, widely regarded as the only feasible path to resolving the conflict. "There shouldn't be any illusions," stated Mairav Zonszein, a senior Israel analyst at the International Crisis Group.
"At best, (a new government) could only manage to slow down the extremely reckless pace of Israel's aggression in the occupied territories over the past four years."
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