The most important newcomer on Israel’s political scene is Daniel Hershkowitz, who was just named leader of the newly constituted Jewish Home party. Hershkowitz is both a rabbi and a scholar. He is a senior mathematician at the Technion, Israel’s equivalent of MIT. Though he is keeping his specific political views close to his chest, he has earned a reputation in the northern part of the country as a warm and caring personality, someone who knows how to translate classic Jewish values and texts into an idiom palatable for secular Israelis. The prospect of a real political outsider with both rabbinic and mainstream bona fides makes his appointment a fascinating development, though time will tell how he withstands the withering trials of a political campaign. Stay tuned.Then there is Moshe Feiglin, and the steps Netanyahu has taken to minimize the danger Feiglin poses to his election chances.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Israeli Politics: Jockeying For Position As February Approaches
David Hazony has a post about developments among Israel's political parties as the elections approach:
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