Sunday’s suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, was the 86th such attack since the latest Palestinian Intifada began two and a half years ago. It was precisely this type of terrorist attack which drew Israel’s opposing parties together into the solidarity of a national unity government. But politics being what it is, that coalition eventually fell apart.
Since last fall, Labor and Likud, led by the retired generals Mizna and Sharon have been insisting that they alone should lead the nation. In the first of a four-part series on the Israeli election: violence and politics in Israel. We’ll talk about how anger, sorrow and resilience are playing on the pending ballot, and the shift to the right.
Guests:
Ari Shavit, a columnist for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.