Can Israel’s Opposition Unseat Netanyahu?

More than two weeks after one of the most consequential elections in Israel’s history, there is still uncertainty about who will lead the country.

The spotlight has fallen on the opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, who is trying to make all kinds of deals to build a coalition that could run the government.

David Halbfinger, The New York Times’s Jerusalem bureau chief, explains the compromises that Mr. Eisenkot will need to make, and what will happen if he can’t.

Guest: David M. Halbfinger, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli tasked with forming a government?
• Here’s how Mr. Eisenkot is seeking to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images

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