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I didn't vote for Bibi’s bloc, but I'm happy with Israel's election results.
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I didn't vote for Bibi’s bloc, but I'm happy with Israel's election results.

These three reasons might surprise you as to why.

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I’m a centrist because I believe that both the right and left have good ideas, values, and contributions, and the combination of them makes for a pretty good way of life, governance, society, et cetera.

This is why I have consistently voted for centrist candidates in six Israeli elections, since moving to Israel and becoming an Israeli citizen in 2013.

In this week’s latest election, I voted for Benny Gantz’s National Unity party, one of the few centrist ones.

And yet, as I stayed awake to watch Bibi’s speech just after 3 a.m. local time two days ago, I wasn’t upset that he won, nor that he is likely to partner with “extreme right-wing fascist” parties.

These three reasons might surprise you as to why:

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