Though every election in Israel is full of surprises, because we are a restless and constantly dissatisfied people there is a pattern that has emerged from all of the previous nineteen elections that have bedeviled us over the past sixty-six years. The pattern includes constant fragmentation of existing parties as personal ambition and rigid ideology overtake practical and achievable goals. Another facet that is apparently constant in all Israeli elections is the emergence of new parties with grandiose promises and attractive personalities. They all seem to paint a rosy future of peace and prosperity, social equality and stern justice and an absence of corruption and venality. These…

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