Mondoweiss blogger Philip Weiss discusses the outcome of Israel’s election; Netanyahu’s strange coalition of centrists and right-wingers; the liberal American Zionists who have faith that Obama and/or the EU can make Israel’s government more moderate; why apartheid means the end of the Jewish Israeli state; the mainstream media’s newfound ability to question and criticize Israel; and how Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearings have drawn needed attention to the Israel lobby.

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