Netanyahu is a loser. Netanyahu blinked first. Netanyahu miscalculated, multiple times. Netanyahu is slipping. We beat Netanyahu.
People are saying all sorts of things about Netanyahu and how the Left beat Netanyahu (in this round). That is the story of the past few days.
But that isnt the story.
The Left may have beaten Netanyahu this time, but did they win the battle and lose the war? Was the war ever even winnable when they went to battle with the weapons they used?
Will anyone ever really have control of the State, no matter who is running the country? If the Left should ever take the reigns back, the rightists will protest any significant legislation by threatening to not serve Reserve duty, to encourage pulling money and investment out of Israel, they'll block traffic and bring the masses out. Whoever becomes Prime Minister form the Right and tries to pass significant legislation will meet with more protests from the Left with businesses threatening to leave the country reservists refusing to serve, protests of masses, and all the rest.
How do we move forward from here, after all these lines were crossed? Netanyahu might have lost the battle, but I worry Israel has lost the war. Netanyahu might be the loser right now, but I worry that at the end of the day the tactics used mean we all have lost.
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