Blowing welcome across for all things considered. Israels parliamentary elections have again ended in deadlock the electorate is divided divided on the political right sitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its either a right wing blog or again chris air back government how does this kind of rhetoric bode for the palestinians and middle east the ability. Really alexion as im joined by my guest Philip Giraldi in personal hes a former cia counterterrorism specialist who is now executive director of the council. For the National Interest in tel aviv we have gideon levy hes a columnist for hideouts also in tel aviv we have mehlman he is a senior Israeli Security writer and commentator original macross titles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated gideon let me go to you 1st in tel aviv an ask you your perceptions of this election cycle you know i looked at israeli media in english and of course they go through all the different platforms and
Selection and therefore my election will only on one issue benjamin it to the oh yes or no and the choice is really between the nice right doing good and the list nice right doing good or if you make only sent through the right and the right its a very small choice but thats the choice of the people of his would ok philip going back to you donald trump. Supported netanyahu when it looked like he was going to when he distance themselves from him but it was was trump kind of big gateway for netanyahu to go either for even further to the right because of course you know there were these placards all over israel with trump and netanyahu together. Did trump make about poor calculation here well i think actually it was it was netanyahu who was making the calculation i think he was delivering the message that he could get virtually anything out of trump and in seeking to make that impression he was talking about a rather extreme step which would be occupying annexing. Much of the west bank an
In effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated gideon let me go to you 1st in tel aviv and ask you your perceptions of this election cycle you know i looked at israeli media in english and of course they go through all the different platforms and ideas that the part different parties have but from my perch really far away it really looks to me is that how far right will the next government will be and how much people like or dislike Bibi Netanyahu is that a fair way to kind of assess this election go ahead give him. Its more than. These selection and therefore my election will only on one issue benjamin it to the oh yes or no and the choice is really between the nice right wing and the list nice right wing or if you make only sent through the right and the right its a very small choice but thats the choice of the people of his would ok philip going back to you donald trump. Supported netanyahu when it looked like he was going to when he distance themselv
Blowing welcome across town for all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle israels parliamentary elections to begin ended in deadlock the electorate is divided divided on the political right sitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its either my right wing blogs or again chris air back government how does this kind of rhetoric bode for the palestinians and middle east the ability. Crosstalk in the israeli elections im joined by my guest Philip Giraldi in personal hes a former cia counterterrorism specialist who is now executive director of the counsel for the National Interest in tel aviv we have gideon levy hes a columnist for holdouts. Also in tel aviv we have mehlman he is a senior Israeli Security writer and commentator original macross like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated gideon let me go to you 1st in tel aviv an ask you your perceptions of this election cycle you know i looked at israeli media in english and of course they g
To win he distance himself from him but it was was trump kind of big gateway for netanyahu to go either for even further to the right because of course you know there were these placards all over israel with trump and netanyahu together. Make about a poor calculation here. Well i think actually it was it was netanyahu who was making the calculation i think he was delivering the message that he could get virtually anything out of trump and in seeking to make that impression he was talking about a rather extreme step which would be occupying annexing. Much of the west bank and he knew he could get away with it that trump would support him on this where he was mistaken in thinking that this would be a game changer for him on his corruption charges and other problems with them and of course it didnt work out that way ok you know you know so you lets go back to tell of eve i mean. Its going to be a new government eventually but how much different will it be from netanyahu is government and