Racist Israeli right riled by Palestinian parties’ success

Only two parties emerged from last week’s general election in Israel with a genuine sense of unqualified success and both represent the Palestinian citizens of Israel. This immediately got under the skin of the racist right-wing parties that had formed the previous government and now constitute the interim government. As the exit polls became public, several results surprised observers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud remained the largest party, rather than Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar, whic