Election posters and banners are usually removed soon after the ballots have been counted. A few are left to the ravages of the weather to fade and tear. I was surprised, therefore, this week to see new posters going up in my Jerusalem neighborhood.Neighbors who had previously shown no open political affiliation suddenly, two weeks after the election, placed huge Likud banners outside their windows, boasting the slogan: “Netanyahu does not surrender.”It was a central mantra of the Likud campaign. As the tricky business of creating a new coalition gets underway, the message could be directed at Yashar party head Gadi Eisenkot, tasked by President Isaac Herzog with trying to form a government.Whether or not Eisenkot achieves his goal of replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, it seems the campaign for the next election is already underway.On Sunday, Eisenkot was given 28 days to form the government, with a possible extension of 14 days at the president's discretion. If he fails, Netanyahu gets a chance, and if Netanyahu also doesn't succeed, the country will likely go back to the ballot box. No wonder my neighbors are putting up election posters.Not every party will be able to recycle their November 2026 slogans.
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Eisenkot also called for a “national emergency government,” under his leadership, saying: “This will require creative and unconventional political steps.”
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Election posters and banners are usually removed soon after the ballots have been counted. I was surprised, therefore, this week to see new posters going up in my Jerusalem neighborhood.Neighbors who had previously shown no open political affiliation suddenly, two weeks after the election, placed huge Likud banners outside their windows, boasting the slogan: “Netanyahu does not surrender.”It was a central mantra of the Likud campaign. No wonder my neighbors are putting up election posters.Not every party will be able to recycle their November 2026 slogans.
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