So What Now? / Hanokh Daum

Hanokh Daum writes a personal column following the election results, quoting a letter from Staff Sergeant Lavi Lipshitz, may his memory be a blessing, who calls for unity. He calls for the formation of a unity government, a genuine conscription law, and an end to evasion, and suggests that each side give up something painful.

Hanokh Daum writes a personal column about the Knesset election results held on October 29, 2026. He opens with a story of mutual responsibility between political activists at the polling station, and goes on to wonder about the gap between polls that gave the coalition 65 seats versus 50 in other channels. Daum quotes a letter from Staff Sergeant Lavi Lipshitz, may his memory be a blessing, a Givati reconnaissance soldier who fell in Gaza, who wrote about national unity and the importance of democracy. Daum calls for the formation of a unity government, a genuine conscription law, and an end to evasion, and suggests that each side give up something painful: the Change Bloc on the dream of replacing Netanyahu, and Netanyahu on his base.