Left-wing parties had accepted defeat well before the votes were cast, but the humiliation was just a bad when the polls closed. Journalists almost outnumbered the activists in the half-empty headquarters.

Pennsylvania man Corbin Kauffman, 30, used aliases to post hundreds of racist, anti-Semitic and Islamophobic messages, images and videos, several of which contained threats. Kauffman was released from custody pending the outcome of his case on condition that he stay off the internet.

Netanyahu won because of his sense of purpose and because the people know his grasp of history makes him particularly qualified

Hopefully this is just the first in a long line of Israeli missions into deep space. Our hope for Israel is that this is just the first in a long line of missions into deep space. If we can do tremendous things, like reaching a specific point on the moon, we can achieve even more impossible dreams.

Neither Netanyahu fatigue nor the rise of a centrist alternative changed the basic math of Israel’s political culture. The question is whether the Right’s dominance will survive the prime minister’s legal woes.