This week: On November 1st, Israel had its fifth national election in under four years. And frankly, a lot of Jews are panicking, because the results put an extremist, far-right, and racist group of Israeli politicians in line for power. So let’s dig into what happened, how to understand it, and what might come next.

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TC Jewfolk midterm coverage: https://tcjewfolk.com/simon-wins-third-term-on-good-night-for-jewish-candidates/

Notable coverage of the Israeli elex: https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-is-the-projected-winner-but-it-was-ben-gvir-crowned-on-election-night/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/labor-leader-michaeli-who-refused-meretz-merger-blames-lapid-for-lefts-demise/

Tovah Lazaroff analysis: https://m.jpost.com/israel-elections/article-721326

https://garyrosenblatt.substack.com/p/israel-overnight-from-a-source-of

https://forward.com/opinion/523500/american-jews-defending-israel-elections-2022/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-israeli-left-has-lost-more-than-an-election/

NYT from 1988: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/06/world/israel-bans-kahane-party-from-election.html?pagewanted=1

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dE_HEJT-4bbo8I7Osk2mukBsvHuSZr7tYTRjhwUZdrI/edit?usp=sharing