Israel's political shift to the right

Aug 31, 2026

Israeli politics has moved sharply rightward over the past decade, a shift that hardens the country's stance in Gaza and leaves little room for a peace camp.

  • Far-right and right-wing parties now dominate Israeli politics.
  • Polling last year found close to half of Israelis backed killing all the men in captured Gaza towns.
  • The old peace movement, built around the Oslo talks in the early 1990s, has largely vanished.
  • The shift goes further than anything in American politics, where Trump has never won a majority of the vote.

Outlook: With no organized left to push back, Israel's hard-line approach to Gaza is likely to hold.

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