Opinion | When Government Leaves a Void
On the sixteenth day of the war, I found hope in an underground parking garage.
On the sixteenth day of the war, I found hope in an underground parking garage.
The PA has barely cooperated with Israel in recent years, but with the prospect of a seaport, an operable airport, and huge financial aid from Saudi Arabia, UAE, the EU, and others, Fatah might well say “yes.”
With no judicial oversight, this self-serving government can use its powers to fire and appoint anyone it wants, to use public resources for pet projects and to otherwise abuse its power.
Israel has slowed down, but it has not yet backed away from the brink.
Here is a tremendous clash of cultures, of contradicting Judaisms, finally out in the open.
Throngs protested in Jerusalem over government plans to radically change the judiciary and more.
At least three times, I’ve taken a brief nap on an election night, relieved and reassured that the leader I believed in was about to be elected, only to be devastated as the sun came up.