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March 19, 2024

Understanding Israel’s Latest Political Shakeup

Gideon Sa’ar’s defection and the search for a new center-right consensus.

If Senator Schumer were to get his way, and Israeli elections were held next week, it’s certainly not clear who would win. It’s not even clear what the alignment of the nation’s political parties would be. Still, an important political development took place last week, in the form of an announcement from the veteran Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar. Lahav Harkov explains what happened and what it means:

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