A country whose modern economy is fully integrated into the global system and whose conflict with the Palestinians has for decades drawn the attention of the global media and the major world powers has gone to the polls as if it were a separate, secluded planet. Parties in the center campaigned for “social justice,” for ultra-religious students to “share the burden” of military service (from which they have been exempt since Israel’s founding), and in defense of the country’s struggling middle class.
以色列的现代经济完全融入全球体系，其与巴勒斯坦的冲突几十年来都在吸引着全世界媒体的目光，世界主要大国纷纷站队，好像它是一个独立的隐蔽星球似的。中间派政党的竞选口号是“社会公正”，极端宗教学生应该“共同分担”军事任务（自以色列建国以来，他们就免于服役），以色列苦苦挣扎的中产阶级也应该得到保护。