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Tel Aviv After Election
The Knesset elections gave Gadi Eisenkot an opportunity to form a government after Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its majority. But disagreements among opposition parties over the coalition and the participation of the two Arab lists, which won 19 seats, mean that a transfer of power is far from certain. Negotiations are also being held up by a dispute over exempting students at religious seminaries from military service, while Netanyahu may remain prime minister of a caretaker government until an agreement is reached. Although the leadership and the approach to coordination with Washington may change, no radical shift in security policy is expected. The article links regional stability to the next government’s willingness to address conflicts politically rather than simply manage them militarily.
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