Wars until the ballot box: Netanyahu's plan could leave scorched earth behind | Ran Edelist

Ran Edelist argues that Netanyahu's plan to drag out false wars on four fronts until election day is intended to maintain a panicked security tension ahead of the polls. According to him, a Netanyahu victory would spell the end of the Zionist-democratic dream, and the only solution for the survival of the liberal sector is the establishment of a canton state and the separation of religion from the state.

In a scathing opinion piece, Ran Edelist claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his partners intend to drag out the false wars in Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank until election day, in order to maintain a panicked security tension that will help them at the polls. Edelist asserts that a Netanyahu victory would spell the end of the Zionist-democratic dream, and that demographics lead to the conclusion that there is no real chance of living in a democratic-liberal state. He suggests that the only solution for the survival of the liberal sector is the establishment of a strong federal super-government (a canton state) and an end to the wars. Edelist criticizes the opposition for not using its generals to explain that these are false wars and false casualties, and argues that only international pressure that generates internal pressure will isolate the 'warmongers' and bring redemption from 'Bibism, Kahanism, and Haredism.' The article uses charged and moralistic language against the government and the coalition.