Nahum Barnea

Before the election, Ynet's Shiloh Fried predicted that opponents of Netanyahu would postpone the draft crisis if that were the price of replacing him.

After the election, veteran columnist Nahum Barnea acknowledged that the opposition might have to abandon one of its two central promises, drafting the ultra-Orthodox or refusing dependence upon the anti-Israel Arab parties, and perhaps abandon both.

You cannot make this up.

The issue presented to voters as an inviolable moral principle, suddenly became negotiable when political power came within reach.

Well, let's just drill into that a bit.

I mean, you quote the Nahum Barnea, as you described, the dean of the Israeli press corps, really, now 81, saying that the choice will be a contrast of character rather than ideology.

And I think you've explained that.

And clearly, Isengard is leaning into that.

Thank you, Pat.

First of all, I just want to thank you for including me in this program and Zev for 53 years of friendship.

And the organization that I headed for 25 years benefited measurably from Zev's experience, expertise, and leadership.

And so I wanted to thank him personally.