Israel must now decide what kind of democracy it wants to be

Israel has voted, but it has not decided who should govern or how. Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud has emerged as the largest party, projected to win 53 seats, yet his alliance of nationalists and religious conservatives remains short of a parliamentary majority—61 seats. Gadi Eisenkot, the former military chief, who challenged Netanyahu’s political narrative as Israel’s indispensable guardian, is not projected to get the governing majority of 48 seats either. The votes of Palestinian…