Israel's election revealed a divided country

RTÉ News · Edmund Heaphy · 2026-11-01 07:00 UTC

Who bears responsibility for what happened on 7 October 2023 was the defining question of the Israeli election - what followed in Gaza hardly registered, writes Edmund Heaphy.

To report on last week's general election in Israel was to report on two different countries.

There is the Israel seen from abroad - a country increasingly isolated over its war in Gaza and its conduct in the Occupied West Bank, the one facing accusations of genocide, sanctions and boycotts.

And then there is the Israel I found on the ground - where that global isolation, and the war that caused it, barely featured in the election campaign.

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