Israeli parliament member Ofer Cassif of the Joint List, being beaten during demonstration against Sheikh Jarrah evictions, occupied Jerusalem, April 9, 2021. From Nitzan Waisberg’s twitter feed.
For those who follow Israeli politics, the news is continued stalemate. The fourth parliamentary election inside of two years on March 23 produced no clear result, and though Prime Minister Netanyahu got the nod from the Israeli president to try to form a governing coalition, it is quite an uphill climb for him. He has only 52 seats on his side, and his challenge is to pull over Naftali Bennett with seven seats and poach some defectors from the anti-Netanyahu bloc to get a majority.
Four days before Israel s election, final polls give Netanyahu a growing chance of clenching majority
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Polls suggest almost zero chance of coalition
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