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 parliamentary elections held on Tuesday may signal the twilight of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political career. Despite his long tenure, his impact on the Israeli-occupied West Bank is likely to persist, even as his opponents endeavor to contain it. The nation's populace is sharply divided on Netanyahu's governance and moral standing, yet they largely endorse his policies of expanding settlements and oppose the creation of a Palestinian state.
Consequently, while his adversaries have pledged to rein in settler aggression and dismantle contentious outposts, they remain largely opposed to a two-state solution, considered globally as the most feasible path to resolving the conflict. "There shouldn’t be any illusions," stated Mairav Zonszein, a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group.
"At best, (a new government) would be able to slow down the extremely crazy acceleration that we’ve seen in the last four years of every aspect of Israel’s aggression in the occupied territory."
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