The new triple-axis doesn't necessarily pose a new military threat, but could reshape the region to their liking: a constrained Trump Middle East policy, a weaker Israel with less influence in Washington, and a new regional stance on Iran

In psychoanalytic terms, 'the day after' becomes a utopian fetish, obscuring what can't yet be faced. An election may change Israel's political map, but it can't, on its own, bring about a complete repair and restore what the people of this land have lost

For secular Israelis who came to support Jerusalem's Basimta café for the fifth consecutive week against escalating ultra-Orthodox protests, the dispute is about much more than a cup of coffee