The Israeli Right is not merely wasting votes. It may be wasting the makings of an entire government. The tragedy begins when each concludes that being qualified for first makes third unacceptable.

The Israeli Right is not merely wasting votes. It may be wasting the makings of an entire government. The tragedy begins when each concludes that being qualified for first makes…

The Israeli Right that formed them was largely secular, nationalist, and security-minded. The Israeli Right replacing it is increasingly religious and messianic.

What changed on Sept. 1 was that Netanyahu, after a refusal from Ben-Gvir, managed to get Smotrich to run in a single list with Moshe Feiglin’s Zehut party.