[IsraelTimes] Amid apathy in West Bank, and anger at Lapid for continuing some of Netanyahu’s policies, some activist muppets find reason for optimism: ’It will lead to some international pressure’
The apparent comeback of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the dramatic rise of his far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies in this week’s general election have prompted little more than shrugs from many Paleostinians.
"It’s all the same to me," Said Issawiy, a vendor hawking nectarines in the main al-Manara Square of Ramallah, said of Netanyahu replacing centrist Yair Lapid and being poised to head the most right-wing government in Israel’s history. |