Again, what gets to me isn't so much Netanyahu's hawkishness in general as the specific fact that a major plank of his platform is, essentially, outright refusing to try to take advantage of a situation that could, if played right, give him a fighting chance of finally putting his country at peace. How come this man has yet to be run out of the Knesset on a rail?!
I think we have to question whether a plurality of Isreali people care about that.
I have to believe that a plurality of Israeli people would rather live in a democracy at peace than a hybrid regime at perpetual war. I have to.
They do, but they also have come to doubt that a two-state solution is possible, and frankly I agree that the chance for a two-state solution is gone. Possibly not forever, but certainly for the next decade at minimum. A one-state solution with a Jewish minority isn't viable right now either, and certainly would run counter to Zionist aspirations even if it were possible. If one thinks there currently is no option other than perpetual war, is it really surprising that some voters base their vote on who they think will best wage that war?
