{"id":118205,"date":"2019-04-10T06:40:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T06:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/personality-contest-or-ideological-struggle-analysts-dissect-israeli-election\/"},"modified":"2019-04-10T06:40:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T06:40:19","slug":"personality-contest-or-ideological-struggle-analysts-dissect-israeli-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/personality-contest-or-ideological-struggle-analysts-dissect-israeli-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Personality contest or ideological struggle? Analysts dissect Israeli election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          The policy differences between Israeli PM candidates have proven largely a sideshow in an electoral contest that has become a referendum on the leadership of incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu, analysts agree.      <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The biggest issue is Netanyahu himself: whether Israelis are tired of Netanyahu, whether they&#039;re put off by the stench of corruption that surrounds him, whether they want a change, or whether they prefer to stick with a safe pair of hands and a statesman that obviously enjoys good relations with many world leaders<\/em>,\u201d Northeastern University professor Dov Waxman says. \u201c<em>There&#039;s actually been very little debate \u2013 a striking lack of debate \u2013 over Israeli policies<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Netanyahu, Blue &amp; White party challenger Benny Gantz is a right-of-center candidate, \u201c<em>tough on military issues<\/em>,\u201d with US connections. However, political analyst Mitchell Barak believes a Gantz win \u201c<em>will refresh some things in the region, possibly with the Palestinians\u2026 There&#039;ll be a new person for them to speak to. Whenever there&#039;s a regime change, or a change in leadership, that could be an opportunity. That could be a chance to restart things, to start negotiations, and to really get help<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu and Gantz may not differ appreciably on foreign policy or their attitude toward Israel&#039;s defense, but \u201c<em>Netanyahu 2.0<\/em>,\u201d as Waxman calls Netanyahu&#039;s return to the PM role in 2009, \u201c<em>has really waged war in some respects against the rule of law in Israel<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>He has blamed his pending indictments on a corrupt police force, has accused the legal establishment of being biased against him, and along with his allies in government he has really undermined in many ways some of the bastions of liberal democracy in Israel<\/em>,\u201d Waxman says, contrasting the Likud incumbent with former IDF commander Gantz, who has \u201c<em>emphasized the importance of the rule of law in Israel, of Israel remaining a liberal democracy, and of being respectful toward Israel&#039;s democratic institutions<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Its much more likely that Benny Gantz is going to be a member of Netanyahus government \u2013 probably defense minister \u2013 than the other way around\u2026 Id be very surprised if Benny Gantz doesnt sit in [Netanyahus] government as defense minister<\/em>,\u201d human rights activist Miko Peled pr<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/456069-israeli-election-analysts-netanyahu-referendum\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=RSS\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a0\/Russia-today-logo.svg\/1200px-Russia-today-logo.svg.png\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RT<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The policy differences between Israeli PM candidates have proven largely a sideshow in an electoral ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Personality contest or ideological struggle? 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