We must wait patiently until the final results of Tuesday's election are announced in order to interpret the complex situation we may once again find ourselves in.
On the face of things, the party I voter for, Yamina, will find itself outside the government. The far-right Otzma Yehudit party, which appears to have garnered the equivalent of nearly four Knesset seats, will see its votes wasted, as it finds itself outside of the Knesset. We may see the establishment of a "secular unity government," a heartbreaking term for me as a Jew.
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But we must be patient.
Ever since I first voted at the age of 18, I have worn my holiday best on Election Day. Every single time that day comes around, I get excited. But this time was different. I headed out to the polling station in my regular clothes, out of necessity and despair.
Yes, I exercised my democratic right and obligation, disappointed in the state that led me toward the polling station for the second time in one year, never mind who is responsible for this turn of events.
But as soon as I got behind the screen in the voting booth to vote, I forgot I was wearing my everyday clothes and got excited once more.
We can complain about the candidates, we can shut our ears to the mudslinging, and hold our nose to avoid the stink of fakery – but we can also vote, and we can choose the type of country we want to live in, in the deepest sense of the word. We can prepare this country for our children and our grandchildren, and like a huge team of traffic police, guide the country in the direction of our choosing.
Unlike my four grandparents who lived under foreign rule in Jerusalem, I am lucky. Those who aren't as fortunate are the heads of the two largest parties – Likud and Blue and White, who once again find themselves between a rock and a hard place, a place where there is no victory or defeat, no good or evil, no truth or lies.
Will the country succeed in moving forward in such a situation?
Channel 12 News' Amit Segal described it as a "multi-casualty tie."
The fear is that we are the victims.
