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To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: A woman passes by a banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump day after the country held a national election, in Jerusalem, October 28 , 2026. © Ronen Zvulun, In Israel, the surprises only start with election night: they're still counting ballots in a vote that featured the highest turnout in decades, historic inroads by Arab parties, Benjamin Netanyahu’s worst result since 1999 and yet Israel’s longest-serving prime minister still has a path to staying in power. As we await the definitive makeup of the next parliament, our panel breaks out the calculators and pie charts: in what scenario does Netanyahu survive?
Is the issue with the right-wing Likud leader or his policies? Horse trading ahead between the 11 parties that will make up the next 120-seat Knesset. In the mix, there's nationalists on both sides of the Bibi divide, the bitter battles over religion, the nature of Israel's democracy and over whether a coalition can include the 20-percent of Arab Israelis who this time turned out in droves.
Can they enter government or even strike a deal to support the opposition?After years of hardline rhetoric against Palestinians, is that even possible? Otherwise put, is Israel about to get a lot more polarized or forge a whole new path? _Produced by François Picard, Andrew Hilliar, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Charles Wente._ Which way will Israel break? Netanyahu still in it after election night surprises Bibi's moment of truth: Israel votes in first general election since October 7 attacks Comeback kid: How did Brazil's veteran leader Lula upset Bolsonaro?
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