Next year he is set to become the longest serving prime minister in the country’s history, over 14 years. (Sephardic Jews are mainly of North African and Middle Eastern origin and Ashkenazi are mainly European.) Israel has become the world leader in artificial intelligence and is at least equal to the United States in advanced data processing. Israel under Netanyahu is likely to start annexing some of the West Bank settlements into Israel. The long-awaited Trump peace plan is likely to be something Israel accepts and sensible Arab powers join in imposing on the Palestinians.

Source: National Post April 12, 2019 15:52 UTC