The first element is the question of how autocratic rulers are ousted.In Israel, four sets of elections seemingly yielded political deadlock, but the latest round, in March of this year, may have also generated an alternative that was unattainable in the aftermath of the previous polls. Several changes highlight this shift: the emergence of political parties on the right strongly opposed to the continued tenure of Benjamin Netanyahu; the evolution of an Arab party bent on integration into the Israeli power structure (Ra’am); the fragmentation of old alliances in the center and left; and the legitimization of a far-right, ultra-nationalist Jewish party averse to any partnership with Palestinian citizens of Israel or to parties on the political left.
