Dan Perry

Israel faces a historic crisis, and its next government must act urgently to restore democracy, rebuild alliances, reform society and secure the country’s future.

On Election Day, there are two possible political outcomes: A majority for continuing Netanyahu’s tenure or a majority for replacing him. 

Most Israelis want the country to be a Jewish-majority state that remains democratic - and that doesn’t make any of them left-wing or right-wing.

Israel’s paper-ballot system makes direct manipulation of vote counting extremely difficult, but manipulating public opinion is another matter entirely.

If Netanyahu is replaced on October 27, Israel's next government should recognize that preserving the historical record has become a strategic imperative.

Benny Gantz should heed his favorite slogan that saving the country is the most important thing of all, abandoning the naive notion of unity that will saddle the state with more Likud years

I write this knowing I’ll be accused of hysteria, but it would take only a wink for organized crime groups in Arab society to carry out terrorist attacks capable of igniting the streets.

That’s the challenge facing Democrats like Emanuel, who still believe in the US-Israel relationship: that the far Left sees Israel as, absurdly, the global symbol of evil.

Israel is losing both large parties, but there is still hope for the underrepresented pragmatic center.

Israel simply cannot afford to treat Europe as a secondary concern or a lost cause.