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Why Foreign Press Always Predicts Israel's Government Will Shift Right; and Why They're Wrong

22 January 2023

Two years ago, Israelis went to the polls and the foreign press reported that the Israeli government would move to the political right. Instead the right lost four seats. VOI's Gil Hoffman explains why the media got it wrong then, and why they're getting the current election wrong too.

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