TEL AVIV — In Hungary’s general election in April, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s right-wing populist government was toppled not by some leftist opposition, but rather by a center-right party committed to fighting corruption and restoring democracy. As Israel heads to the polls on Oct. 27, a similar shift is by far the best outcome one can reasonably hope for, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremist government replaced by a decent, law-abiding administration. A radically new foreign policy will remain out of reach. In a “normal” democracy, a leader like Netanyahu would have been forced to resign or toppled by popular protests long ago. After all, it was under his watch that Israel endured the horrific terrorist attack of Oct. 7, 2023, and under his orders that Israel has undertaken multiple prolonged wars — marked by war crimes — which exhausted its capacities and alienated the international community. But Israel is not a normal democracy, and its voters have never been particularly concerned about accountability. While Netanyahu does not command broad-based