Can Netanyahu hold on to power?

Benjamin Netanyahu emerged from this week’s Israeli elections with a slender lead over his closest rival, Gadi Eisenkot, but his far-right coalition fell short of an overall majority. The prime minister’s performance was better than pre-election polls had predicted, and sets up weeks (or even months) of political gridlock in the country. Host Gideon Rachman speaks to Dahlia Scheindlin, a political analyst and columnist for Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz, about the role Arab parties could play in forming a government, what happens next, and Israel’s drift rightward. Clip: Sky News

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Further reading:
The fear factor giving Benjamin Netanyahu the edge (ft.com/content/1631483b-69ee-424c-b0d0-9086ae1…)
How Israel’s opposition fell short against Benjamin Netanyahu (ft.com/content/6a370b14-23e9-43e9-8489-2732ac5…)
Israel's Arabs seek a slice of power (ft.com/content/e73bd81d-89b4-4ef4-9be0-459bcc9…)

Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Sound design is by Breen Turner.

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com (ft.com/content/d939a865-607e-4ece-bfb3-5cdcdcb…)
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