Amid the mounting horror [11] in Gaza, Israel held municipal elections—which saw gains for the ultra-Zionist right [12], including in Jerusalem. But the city for the first time saw a Palestinian council candidate—Sondos Alhot [13], a pro-coexistence activist [14] who ran with a new list called Kol Toshaveha (All Its Residents). Her candidacy, which came in defiance of a boycott [15] called by the Palestinian leadership, nonetheless posed a challenge to the system of apartheid [16] Israel has imposed in the Holy City. In Episode 215 [17] of the CounterVortex podcast [18], Bill Weinberg explores what this electoral question may tell us about the prospects for an eventual just peace in historic Palestine.
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