Erin Ogunkeye 欢迎 RAND 杰出以色列政策主席 Shira Efron 博士。
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Dr. Shira Efron, RAND's Distinguished Israel Policy Chair.
“我们许多人，包括我自己，都低估了以色列社会分裂的程度。”这反映了一个政治体制：意识形态极化、犹太选民右倾以及阿拉伯政治参与的合法性受到争议，急剧缩小了组建联盟的可能性。Efron 博士描绘了这样一种政治版图：内塔尼亚胡的执政集团失去了阵地，但正如她所言，仍手握“更多的牌，或更好的牌”，无论是通过再次大选、组建国民团结政府，还是试图将反对派伙伴拉入自己的轨道。
“Many of us, myself included, underestimated the extent of the fracture in Israeli society.”It reflects a political system in which ideological polarisation, the rightward shift of the Jewish electorate and the contested legitimacy of Arab political participation have sharply narrowed the possibilities for coalition-building. Dr. Efron illustrates a political landscape in which Netanyahu’s governing bloc has lost ground, yet still has “more cards, or better cards, to play,” she argues, whether through another election, a national unity government or attempts to draw opposition partners into his orbit.