Politicians are preoccupied with one question - yes or no Bibi • Only if Saar and Bennett put aside the personal struggles that pretend to be ideological will we get out of the dead end
The fourth election did not save us from the dead end of Israeli politics.
The clear picture of the seats indicates that we may reach a fifth election.
It is clear to any reasonable person that a reasonable degree of government stability is necessary for the proper functioning of a governmental system.
When a state is run and unmanaged, when there is no budget and when elections are held every six months, this can have serious consequences.
From the loss of trust and despair from the political and democratic system, through the undermining of the social fabric and the undermining of the agreements underlying the regime, to the material and economic prices that extreme uncertainty like ours carries with it.
PM Netanyahu: "We achieved a huge gap from the second largest party" // Photo: Yoni Rickner
Although the right won the election, Israeli politics has stopped getting around ideological questions, and it finds itself around one question - yes Bibi no Bibi.
The curse of Israeli politics is that instead of waging an ideological struggle, the actors have turned personal struggles into an ideological issue.
They do not hesitate to compromise on ideology and are not willing to compromise on personal questions.
Thus, for example, in the name of a full-fledged right-wing government, Netanyahu is ready to form a government with the support of the Prime Minister.
Netanyahu is not willing to step aside to allow another prime minister to advance right-wing policies, because he thinks first of himself.
However, Netanyahu is not the sole culprit.
The other political side abandoned, in effect, any ideology and turned Netanyahu and his support camp into a terrible demon.
Damon justifies defining the camp itself as a "just not Bibi" camp.
This is an embarrassing dogmatism, because even if Netanyahu can be easily criticized, his achievements as prime minister, both in the fight against the Iranian nuclear program, in the vaccination campaign and in reaching four peace agreements, are significant on any historical scale.
Saar: "We will meet our commitment not to join Netanyahu" // Photo: Newsenders
The only solution that is visible from the abyss of the fifth election that we have encountered is through a return to a way of thinking that promotes first and foremost ideological perceptions.
Saar and Bennett each tried in their own way to promote an ideological national party that is not based on Netanyahu's personality.
They rightly believed that Netanyahu was tired.
It no longer promotes right-wing policies.
It does not overthrow Hamas, does not enforce sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and Gush Etzion, does not seriously fight the infiltrators, allows the disintegration of sovereignty in the Negev and Galilee, allows foreign countries and delegitimization organizations to persecute IDF soldiers, promotes a deficit deficit policy, and above all abandons The justice system.But it turns out that the disgust with Netanyahu is not deep enough on the right.The obvious fear of cooperating with the left is deeper than the frustration with Netanyahu.
The political situation created requires the acceptance of voter law.
The effort to produce an ideological national movement to replace the Likud has not yet succeeded.
But both the prevention of fifth elections, and the advancement of burning ideological goals, are a possible achievement.
Netanyahu, his political partners testify, is the total pressure exerted on him.
Saar and Bennett's cooperation and joining hands with the Likud can cure instability and bring about the necessary changes in the legal system, sovereignty and the economy.
In the end, the voter will also thank them for it.
Dr. Ronen Shoval is the Dean of Keren Tikva and the head of the Argaman Institute