security, iran, of course, economy, dealing the aftermath of covid-19 and deal with more controversial issues like matters of religion and state and of course the israeli/palestinian conflict. they are very diverse but what unites them obviously is ousting netanyahu. that s not going to change because netanyahu is not going anywhere. he s going to be the opposition leader, going to remain the head of likud. remain the most controversial figure the way donald trump has in the united states without holding a position. imagine if donald trump had a formal position as the head of opposition in the united states. so that will keep them together as long as the spectre of netanyahu remains there on the sidelines. and that was gill hoffman, chief police cal correspondent and analystist for the jerusalem post. when we come back china wants more children. why the government needs to balance out its aging
Fake headlines add to the tension
Rumors were rife that Binyamin Netanyahu had offered a Prime Minister rotation deal to Benny Gantz, Gideon Sa’ar and even Naftali Bennett, in order to finally break through the political impasse that has destabilized the Israeli political infrastructure for the past two years.
Recent headlines even prompted Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid to say, “The only person who he has not offered a Prime Minister rotation-deal is with me,” as if it was staged.
But this commentator finds it extremely difficult to accept these press reports are genuine, accurate or authentic. The anti-Bibi bloc which includes most of the media, is certainly increasing the pressure on the Prime Minister, with a strong warning, that “the end is near.”
so let s bring in gill hoffman. he is the chief political correspondent and analyst with the jerusalem post. gill, good to see you. pleasure. so we are looking at a very close election. could go either way here. what s some of the research telling you about which issues will decide this tuesday and how motivated a vote is by his promise to annex parts of the west bank if he s elected? well, this election is shakespeare. it s to be beat or not to be beat. this is very much a ref rend rum whether israelis want to continue to have netanyahu be in power because he makes them feel more secure than any potential candidate does or whether they want to have an alternative who is cleaner, who is a fresh face for the world and who can also potentially keep israel secure. corruption charges against
but they re not undermining his effort to prevent the nuclearization of iran. on that they support him wholeheartedly. they say of course this helps him politically. and it does. making iran the issue of the campaign and not the economy is helpful for netanyahu. then again, this is netanyahu s issue. he spoke about preventing the nuclearization of iran to congress back in 1996. and so they know that it s not only politics and netanyahu is sincere when he make it clear that he believes that he s the only one who can prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons and save the world. yeah. it s not necessarily that we re going to hear anything new from the prime minister but the timing of all of this rubbing some the wrong way. gill hoffman from jerusalem. chief political correspondent and analyst for the jerusalem post. thanks for your time. now we re going to speak about this more in depth with our own fareed zakaria joining us from new york. and host of fareed zakaria
likely than not that iran doesn t get to yes. i think that to in fairness they have been serious negotiators. and thrive got their own politics inside of iran. it is more likely this we could get a deal now than perhaps three or five months ago. but there are still some big gaps that have to be fill. for an analyst s view on the prime minister s upcoming speech we re joined by gill hoffman, chief political correspondent and analyst at the jerusalem post. good morning to you. thanks for joipg us. what do you make of israeli sources suggesting sensitive information in the speech? what is the reaction? reporter: netanyahu is a master communicator he knows how to sneak such a way that he won t be accused of relaying sensitive information, you but he ll be able to convey to the