The Sum-of-All-Fears Election
6/15/202649 min
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Why is Israel’s next election being driven more by fear than hope?
Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi join Dan Senor to discuss the emotional forces shaping Israel's coming election. As Israelis prepare to vote, different communities are carrying different traumas, fears, and visions for the country's future, from tensions over Arab and Haredi political power to questions of national unity, leadership, and diminishing hope that life there can improve. They also consider whether Israelis can rediscover the unity of October 8th and what Israelis and diaspora Jews are each looking for in the country's next leader.
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First 90 secondsDan Senor· Host0:00
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Yossi Klein Halevi· Guest0:38
[Instrumental music] You are listening to an Arc Media podcast. The dread of the other camp's victory is really what is defining this election. Now, it's true that every election is defined [laughs] by its, uh, antagonists as an existential threat, but this time it really rings true. The great fear is the disintegration of Israeli society, and the perception among opposition voters is that we have a government whose essence is schism.
Donniel Hartman· Guest1:16
I'm thinking of a research colleague of mine. She's not frightened of Haredim. She's angry at Haredim. This is where particularly Bennett and Lieberman are trying to get their voters like, to activate not fear, but