What does the foreign media think about the Israeli elections? | Israel today

The headlines highlighted the lack of determination • AP: "On the way to a dead end" • The New York Times: "When will it end?"

To the Spanish El Mundo: "Netanyahu is close to the majority"

• The headlines in Germany and Spain

International media outlets extensively covered the fourth round of elections in Israel.

From the image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to headlines with a question mark such as "When will it end?", Most of them tried to interpret the situation in the country and address the rare political phenomenon.

The American news agency AP chose the headline: "There is no clear winner in the Israeli elections, on the way to another dead end."

Reuters formulated an almost identical line, except for the phrase "Netanyahu can have an advantage," referring to the television samples on Israeli channels.

PM Netanyahu: "We achieved a huge gap from the second largest party" // Photo: Yoni Rickner

Many foreign media outlets have special reporters, who are used by the eyes and ears of what is happening in our area.

One of them is Noga Ternopolsky, the Los Angeles Times' correspondent in Israel.

"The miracle of vaccines, which has been widely covered around the world and rightly so, was not the deciding factor. Israelis are accustomed to very good health services and as a result they voted as they did, almost without taking into account the corona plague," she told Israel Today.

"In addition, I would say that the Israeli economy, which is based on high-tech companies, has managed to achieve much better results than other economies, with an emphasis on European. It gave a feeling of routine voting for Israelis," added the journalist who lives in Jerusalem.

The Spanish newspaper El Mundo (The World, in Spanish), for its part, stressed that "Netanyahu won the election and is coming very close to forming a government," reporter Sal Amargi is the newspaper's emissary, who lives in Madrid.

"It can be said that, on the one hand, Spain is surprised by the Israeli vaccination campaign and at the same time criticizes the fact that Netanyahu is promoting radical elements," says Amargi, who also serves as Israel Today's correspondent.

"The vaccines were a defender for Netanyahu, he had no chance of reaching 30 seats without them. The vaccines gave Netanyahu the opportunity to aim for the majority, and they arrived at the best time for him," he explained.

German Der Spiegel chose the headline "Netanyahu for the first, second, third, fourth and fifth time?", With a thick allusion to further elections.

Of particular interest was the headline of the American New York Times, which is precise with the prevailing question in Israeli society: "After a fourth election in two years, Israelis are wondering: When will it end?"

Judging by the results at the moment, it seems that soon the foreign media will have to prepare for the poll another round of elections.