Netanyahu wins

I wonder what J Street and Beto will say?

“We have a long night and a long day ahead of us waiting for the real results but I already thank you, citizens of Israel, Likud voters and activists,” Netanyahu thanked the public. “Almost everyone already said publicly that they would recommend me to the president.”
Netanyahu said his government will be good for “Jews and non-Jews, all citizens of Israel…I am taking care of the country that belongs to all of us. I am sure that if we work together we can meet all our challenges.”

Jerusalem Post

An ‘explainer’ from Israelly Cool. Perhaps the same may be said of the world. ‘Populism’ may at least be partly the result of the Left having overplayed their hand but they see problem as not being ruthless enough but they see problem as not being ruthless enough, preferring to believe that ‘hate’ not their own errors are responsible for the turnabout.

You see, the Israeli electorate has shifted more to the right over the years. And you can thanks palestinian intransigence and terrorism – which has backfired on them spectacularly – for this. And not mythical institutionalized Israeli or Jewish racism.
Most of us want peace. But not at the cost of us being dead.

Israelly Cool

It would be surprising if the Left backed off on Netanyahu. They are probably going to launch another banzai. But then the realities of the new Middle East are hard to ignore as Airbnb is finding.

Airbnb has reversed its decision to remove rental listings of homes located inside Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The move will settle legal action brought by hosts, potential hosts and guests against the US firm.
Airbnb said it would now donate all proceeds from rentals in the West Bank to humanitarian organisations.
The settlements are considered illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.
Airbnb released a statement that said: “We understand the complexity of the issue that was addressed in our previous policy announcement.”
“Airbnb has never boycotted Israel, Israeli businesses, or the more than 20,000 Israeli hosts who are active on the Airbnb platform. We have always sought to bring people together and will continue to work with our community to achieve this goal,” it added.

BBC

The only way to compete with Israel — and with America — is on a human capital based, productivity oriented strategy. The one country that has come closest to doing this is China.