The elections for the local authorities arouse less emotions in us than the general elections, says Reuven Castro. Even when the house is on fire, we stop to decide the question "Who will take out the trash?" Castro: Israel of recent years presents all the flaws of the democratic system.
In the absence of a constitution that will guarantee stability of the foundations, every national election is "fatal" with or without the quotation marks, for shaping the country's destiny, he says.