The results are us
Lior Ben Ami writes a personal opinion column about his feelings on election day. He describes the excitement of returning control to citizens, but calls it a 'trick', and claims the campaign was racist and brutal against Arabs. He concludes that the results reflect a divided society without a decisive outcome, and suggests looking at the Arab minority.
Lior Ben Ami writes a personal opinion column about his feelings on election day. He describes the excitement of returning control to citizens after three years of wars and political turmoil, during which 'nothing was in our hands'. However, he calls this feeling a 'trick', and describes how the campaign was 'racist, brutal' against Arab voters, mentioning images from Rahat, Majd al-Krum, Acre, and Mevasseret Zion. He claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's formula is to scare enough voters, and this time 'his task was easier than ever' facing a 'frightened, bruised, scarred' public. The writer concludes that the results reflect a complicated country, lacking a solution, and that the lack of a decisive outcome stems from a desire to 'defeat each other' rather than form a government. He calls for mutual observation, including of the Arab minority that won 19 seats.