“I was at a friend’s house today, and she just had a baby,” one 26-year-old says. “She is looking into acquiring a foreign passport and moving to Europe. And she says she just doesn’t want to raise her kid in this racist country.”
Exit polls from the latest Israeli election show Arab parties winning an historic number of seats in Israel’s parliament. But it’s still far from certain whether the unified Joint List will wield meaningful power under a new government.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled big on national security in Israel’s upcoming election, saying only he and his party could keep Israel safe from Iran and terrorist groups. But the gamble seems to have backfired as Israeli voters look more concerned about economic matters.