Israel’s Election Leaves Netanyahu in Limbo
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[0:00] In Israel, the votes have been counted, and neither prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party nor the
[0:04] main opposition bloc has enough seats for an outright majority in parliament. We expect to see
[0:08] the final tally of votes early next week.
[0:10] Yeah. That makes the path forward a little bit uncertain. It'll be up to Israel's president
[0:14] to decide which party has the best shot at forming a government, a process that could
[0:18] drag on for months. Joining us now is Israel bureau chief Ethan Bronner. Ethan, thank you
[0:24] much for joining us. I wanna start with what happens next. Paint the picture of of
[0:28] what we can expect now.
[0:30] Well, you explained it pretty well. He said that's just... That's what's about to happen. The
[0:35] various parties are gonna go to president Isaac Herzog and say to him, we believe the
[0:40] best shot at forming a government is with party x. Okay? And then he's gonna have
[0:44] to decide. As David pointed out at the beginning of the... This bit, there's no clear
[0:50] path for either side to form a government. So and and whoever is gonna form a
[0:54] government is gonna have to break a promise that he had sworn to the voters he
[0:58] would not do. So on the side of the opposition, if it were to join, say,
[1:03] prime minister Netanyahu in some kind of a coalition government, a national unity government, that would
[1:09] be a violation of the promise never to serve with this guy who they said that
[1:13] the whole point was to get rid of him. And... But if they bring in Arab
[1:17] parties, some some leaders of the parts of the opposi