Palestinians Smiling, If Unsure About Israeli Election Results
Daoud Kuttab assesses the mixed reactions of Palestinians to the Israeli elections.
The ambiguous results of the Israeli elections have left Palestinians with an attitude best embodied by the novel of the late Palestinian novelist Emile Habibi, a pessoptimist. Palestinians were dumbfounded by the unanticipated and unclear results, which have left them torn between feelings of optimism and pessimism.
There were plenty of reasons to be pessimistic, which is why expectations were low that the results would actually effect any sort of real change.
