The prospect of not only a victory for Netanyahu and Likud, but the formation of a government with a prominent role for the Religious Zionist Party and one of its controversial leaders, Itamar Ben-Gvir, is enough to set the hair of Democrats and the foreign-policy establishment on fire.
At the moment, it’s unlikely, but closer ties are possible. At the moment, it’s unlikely, but closer ties are possible. While King Salman is alive and President Biden prioritizes a return to the Iran nuclear agreement, it is very unlikely.
“What makes this [Washington-Jerusalem] relationship so strong, and what has made it so strong since Israel’s independence to the present day, is that this is a relationship that has always been based on our shared interests, but importantly our shared values,” State Department spokesman Ned Price says.
The officers, who had approached the man near Temple Mount after he appeared suspicious, shot and killed him after he attacked them with a knife.
Netanyahu's expected win and his likely comfortable majority puts an end to Israel's political instability, for now. But it leaves Israelis split over their leadership and over the values that define their state: Jewish or democratic.
