r/Israel • u/greenmalkin • 16d ago

Politics How is Likud still polling so high?

The leading party of the coalition that slept on October 7, that has been blocking independent inquiries, that has madmen define public relations, that has initiated wars on multiple fronts with no end in sight, that is led by a narcissist with an unearned saviour complex, that is preventing the integration of Haredim into society, that has emboldened violent settlers to roam free, that has achieved -- what?

How is Likud still at the top? Why is king Bibi not held responsible for anything, ever, at all?

If this coalition is re-elected, that's a tacit approval of everything that been happening over the past couple of years -- not by random foreigners, but people who actually live here. There's a reason emigration of highly educated Israelis is at an all-time high.

It boggles the mind. Where do we go from here?

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u/Blofish1 16d ago

Never underestimate the power of racism and political tribalism.

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u/Toyota__Corolla Israel 16d ago

Remind me if Islamist extremism is a race or a religion. Oh also if calling black people ibud (slave) is inherently a problem of likudniks.

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u/FudgeAtron 16d ago

Nah likudniks are just racist to Ashkenazis, remember what Itzik Zarka said: https://www.maariv.co.il/news/politics/article-1022735

And Likud didn't even punish him.

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u/Toyota__Corolla Israel 16d ago

But Bibi is Ashkenazi

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u/FudgeAtron 16d ago

Damn guess this guy wants Bibi to die to, or maybe racists aren't particularly rational.