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Why is Israel’s next election being driven more by fear than hope?
Dan is joined by For Heaven's Sake hosts Yossi Klein Halevi and Donniel Hartman to discuss the emotional forces shaping Israel's coming election. As Israelis prepare to vote, different communities are carrying different traumas, fears, and visions for the country's future, from tensions over Arab and Haredi political power to questions of national unity, leadership, and diminishing hope that life there can improve. They also consider whether Israelis can rediscover the unity of October 8th and what Israelis and diaspora Jews are each looking for in the country's next leader.
In this episode:
- Why this is a fear-based election, not a hope-based election
- The fear of Arab parties in a post-October 7 Israel
- The role and concern over Haredi voters reshaping politics
- The forces that threaten to shut down Israel’s economy
- Can Arab parties become part of Israel's political mainstream?
- Is the unity of an "October 8th Israel" still possible?
- Can Israel's political center hold?
- Why Gadi Eisenkot appeals across ideological lines
- Israelis and diaspora Jews each want something different from Israel’s leader
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Credits: Ilan Benatar, Beth Pearlman, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Yuval Semo
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