The dramatic headline of this election: Israel is not right wing

And that tells you exactly who Yair Lapid is. A carbon copy of the criminal Netanyahu and that is why Lapid rushed so quickly to help his mentor form the next Israeli government.

Isralel has been center right since Begin, analyse the results properly. Lapid is not left, he is right of the Democrats in the USA and would fit in well with the consertavies in the UK. Every thing is relative. Since Begin the center has been pushed to the traditiona and the right, which is where it is now.

Then negotiate Peace with the Palestinians, Stop illegal Settlements and illegal annexations of their territory and withdraw to your Internationally recognised borders and allow Palestinians to have their own State so they can flourish economically.

You are right to beleive that, if you are stupid enough to beleive it. Lapid is a Netanyahu clone in sheep's clothing. He immediately rushed towards Netanyahu to help him form the next government and this only says one thing, that Lapid agrees with and will cooperate with Netanyahu's policies and criminal actions. Do not be fooled ny the election results.

Finally, the Israeli voter succeeded to put aside external affairs, and concentrate on the burning internal issues. Mr. Shavit exploits this fact to draw false conclusions. After almost 20 years on the Oslo path, an overwhelming majority of Israelis realize the hoax, and come to grips with the sad fact that absolutely nothing has changed in neither in Palestinian nor in the Arab stance towards Israel. This recognition left enough room for the economical views of the middle-class to surface through the vote for Lapid. Any other explanation is nothing but a misleading word play.

We all agree. Putin is handing out citizenship rather freely these days.

I should like to have a parsing of their evil inclinations. Nice piece.