(CNN) Josh Block - While the doomsday predictions of Israel's illiberalism in Tuesday's elections may have been useful for those whose political agendas are served by such misleading portrayals, they stand in stark contrast to reality. Once again, both Israel's next government and its opposition will be led by parties that back the two-state solution. Israel, a centrist country rooted in liberal, Western values identical to the United States, gave its vote to parties clustered around the political center. Those who predicted a different outcome will now have to ask themselves which of their assumptions, or their agendas, led them so far astray. The writer is CEO of the Israel Project.
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