Israel Votes 2026: Coalitions, Governance, and Democracy

That's very interesting.

So do you think that there is this fundamental disconnect between an Israeli living their life, seeing the things around them and what affects them immediately, and what the rest of the world perceives Israel as, and in particular how Jews living in the rest of the world are perceived and treated, and then how they in turn perceive themselves and worry about what's going on in Israel affecting their lives, and then it could be quite complex.

Yet maybe the hope from diaspora Jews is that Israel will continue to be this beacon of upstanding morality, yet at the same time, there are people in this world accusing Israel as being the exact opposite, being a pariah state.

So it's become increasingly difficult, especially for young people who haven't really formed their opinions yet and form their opinions based upon short-term little TikTok videos and pressure from societal peers and social media issues.

To integrate all that into a cohesive sort of way of Getting Israelis to be aware of their actions having a ripple effect might be very difficult because Israelis generally are focused very straight ahead and not outside of the country.

But somehow, somebody has to bring that back into the focus.

Otherwise, there'll continue to be a disconnect between Israel and the Jews of the world.

Don't know if we can solve that on this call, but I'm waiting here for some more questions.

I just got an update.

Here we go.

I don't know, but the U.S. midterm elections closely

follow the Israeli election.

What happens if opposites come into power in Israel and the U.S.? Somebody can chime in on that one.

Well, that's a good question.

I think it's one of the concerns that some of the opposition leaders say every once in a while, Lapid, for instance.

that one of the main problems that we face in the future, we start facing now, but it will be harder in the future, is that Israel has lost the bipartisan support in the U.S. And therefore, every U.S. election becomes crucial for Israel, much more than not just because of the shared values, but because Israel is not sure whether the right party will be in office.

And this is something that the future government, any future government, whether it will be going to be Eisenhower or Netanyahu, will have to handle.

And it will have to handle it very soon because, as you said, midterm elections are are coming up and things has to be done about it.

Is it on the agenda for some parties? Yes.

For the coalition parties? No.

Okay.

If I may add here, it might be interesting to think about it through this concept of polarization and how it works globally.

So how this assumption that we get that right wing government on Israel is aligned with a conservative Congress or presidency in the US and how they want And what would happen if they cross, right? It's for some time now, I guess about 10 years, that Israel has moved away from its traditional and bipartisan standing.

It's been eroding.

It's been eroding, especially in the last number of months.