It is rich in principles, even as it shunts several of the thorniest issues, such as the proposed integration of rival security forces, into committees.
After one year, researchers found only 40% of babies in the prenatal surgery group had to get shunts, compared with 82% who had the surgery after they were born.
Moreover, while Netanyahu shunts aside his own party's most popular politicians like Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe Ya'alon in favor of Defense Minister Ehud Barak, he demoralizes his party faithful and his voters.