Israel's Russian-speaking voters

Jan 21, 2013, 03:35 PM

If you want a clue why #Israel is continuing its political rightward drift, you might take a look at who is voting. Since the #USSR collapsed, more than a million of the country's #Jews have headed to Israel, and every survey shows they tend to be more right-wing than other Israeli communities. No one thinks that's the only reason for a political shift in the Jewish state, but listen to what these people have to say about #Palestinians, territory and the prospects of peace: