In contrast to the disengaged Netanyahu, Tuesday’s big winner, Lapid, adapted his messages to voters’ interests. His strategy was to find the path of least resistance: Because he aggravated fewer people than any other candidate, he won votes from many disaffected Kadima and Labor supporters and from more than a few fed-up former Likud voters, presumably. His success proves that people want hope and that they respect candidates who offer them a clear platform and an action plan, not just a hollow cult of personality.

The seasoned Netanyahu forgot this, apparently believing the fawning magazine articles that crowned him “King Bibi” the irreplaceable. Likud paid the price at the polls.

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