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Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are not aberrations on the margins of Israeli politics.
They reflect a strain of Zionism deeply embedded in the Jewish Israeli electorate. 
A March 2025 survey reported in Haaretz found that 82% of Jewish Israelis supported the forced expulsion/ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza, while 56% supported expelling Palestinian CITIZENS of Israel. 
Those figures shatter the comforting illusion that the problem begins and ends with a handful of extremists.
The three leading contenders—Naftali Bennett, Gadi Eisenkot, and Netanyahu—share broadly similar positions on Gaza, the occupied West Bank, illegal settlements, and the systematic repression, subjugation, and oppression of all Palestinians. The central issue is not personality but policy, rooted in Zionist ideology: different leaders, substantial continuity.
Any debate over the Abraham Accords must confront this same underlying reality. The Arab countries’ joint statement identifies Israel’s illegal military occupation as the principal source of regional insecurity and instability. 
On five occasions, Israel has rejected offers of normalization and security guarantees involving all Arab countries and additional Muslim states because those offers required an end to its brutal military occupation, now in its 59th year.
The fundamental obstacle is not the absence of a diplomatic opening. It is Israel’s REFUSAL to end the MILITARY occupation.
Replacing its prime minister is no substitute for changing that policy—and without that change, a new leader would represent continuity, not a break with the status quo.

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Bill Ackman

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I said I wasn’t going to weigh in on who should be prime minister of Israel as that is a decision for Israeli citizens. I did, however, want to share one point of view from the perspective of someone who has an understanding of how Israel is perceived in America. 

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