In Israel’s astonishing new reality, voters expect Netanyahu to try to sabotage elections
Two extraordinary recent developments illustrate how politically unsettled Israel is in advance of elections this year: Supreme Court Justice Noam Solberg, chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee, publicly outlined the legal conditions under which elections…
Assessment
The expectation that a sitting prime minister might sabotage elections signals a profound crisis of democratic trust in Israel. The public airing of legal conditions for postponing elections, combined with a former premier's warning, suggests the political system is bracing for extraordinary maneuvers. The stakes are whether the electoral process itself can withstand such pressures.