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Many of my fellow Baby Boomers – and the Millennial children who grew up listening to their parents’ great music – are probably familiar with the Paul Simon hit “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” a song in which “Rhymin’ Simon” enumerates, in his unique, jocular fashion, the many and varied ways in which someone trapped in a bad relationship can fly the coop. I happened to hear “50 Ways” on an oldies station recently, and it occurred to me that like Simon’s protagonist in the song, the citizens of Israel have, for too long, been in an abusive relationship with an exploitative and manipulative prime minister. Hence the inspiration for this essay.
Gideon Sa’ar, from i24 News, 2017, screenshot.
Reading the tea leaves– and polling for the next Israeli election in late March, experts say that Israel will elect an even more rightwing government than Netanyahu’s rightwing coalition.
Israel watchers are predicting a government led by former Netanyahu ally Gideon Sa’ar, openly committed to one “Jewish” state between river and sea, with no interest in allowing even a shadow of Palestinian sovereignty in the occupied territories. Indeed, the Israeli “center” and “left” are shattered, and the possibility exists that the Labor party that founded the state will disappear from the parliament in the next election.