Israel’s ‘Un-Super’ Monday
Feb 28, 2020, 3:07 PM | Updated: 3:08 pm
On March 3, Americans in 14 states will vote in primaries collectively known as “Super Tuesday,” but the day before, Israelis will cast ballots for the third time in less than a year and few citizens don’t see anything “super” about it.
Polling indicates yet another tight race, with neither the center-right Likud Party of Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu nor the center-left Blue and White Party of General Benny Gantz winning enough parliamentary seats to assemble a government. This time the pressure for the two big parties to join a “national unity government” may become overwhelming, with Netanyahu and Gantz taking turns as Prime Minister. Israelis want leaders to put aside ambitions and animosities for the sake of the country.
In America, after the bitterness of impeachment and the brutal battle for the Democratic nomination, the public may want our leaders to do something similar — placing patriotism above pettiness and compromise above confrontation.
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