By Hanna Alshaikh
Vox
April 19, 2019
First-person essays and interviews with unique perspectives on complicated issues.
Center left or far right, the outcome of the Israeli elections largely did not matter to Palestinians. How could this be?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won himself a fifth term in last week’s Israeli election. It’s not a surprise — the right-wing prime minister is popular in Israel, with a 52 percent approval rating, and his hawkish policies helped bring him to victory by shoring up far-right voters.