"Political paradigms have an expiration date." Is that what happened to Zionism?

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Dec 10, 2025 · 58m

Whenever people ask me whether the elections we’re scheduled to have in 2026 will be the ones that “finally turn the tide” and create change, I tell them I doubt it. That’s not because Israel doesn’t need change or because change will not come, but because it’s still too early.

It’s useful here to recall 1973 and 1974 — the era after the disastrous Yom Kippur War. Though Golda Meir was at the helm when the calamity unfolded, she was re-elected after the war. It was only after the Agranat Commission (the sort of commission that Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to appoint) lay the blame squarely…