Why Israeli opposition’s soft approach could backfire

It took the leaders of Israel’s opposition only a few weeks of declining support in the opinion polls to call for an emergency meeting last Saturday at the home of Yair Lapid, the current leader of the opposition and former prime minister. In addition to Lapid, those present included key opposition figures Naftali Bennett, Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan, and Avigdor Lieberman. A month before the Oct. 27 election, their meeting was aimed at shoring up a campaign that, instead of focusing on the failur