Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apparent election victory means the government he forms — his fifth — is likely to espouse more nationalistic views and show little inclination to negotiate peace with Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smiles as he addresses supporters at his Likud Party headquarters in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 10, 2019. means the government he forms — his fifth — is likely to espouse more nationalistic views and show little inclination to negotiate peace with Palestinians.
It is not yet clear how beholden to the far-right parties Netanyahu will be. He is likely hoping they will be able to legislate a form of immunity by which he can avoid prosecution if, as expected, the Israeli attorney general indicts him on corruption charges this year. Netanyahu has denied wrongdoing.
However, the Blue and White coalition, formed on an ad-hoc basis with many egos and little ideological cohesiveness, will struggle to stay unified. And as a neophyte party, how it will legislate is difficult to predict. She added that it was “a very black morning” because the left fared so poorly in the election. Similarly, the Labor Party, once practically synonymous with the state of Israel, plummeted into single digits in terms of parliamentary seats.
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