If it's all over for Bibi, then why is Israel still holding its breath? After an eleventh-hour deal on a coalition to bring the curtain down on the Netanyahu years, drama is now shifting to parliament where the speaker – a Likud loyalist – refuses to move up the date for a vote of confidence. We ask about the push to first remove Yariv Levin, then get the 61 votes needed to oust the country's longest-serving prime minister.
Despite his corruption trial, despite Wednesday's deal, Benjamin Netanyahu does not sound like a man who has thrown in the towel. What other surprises await?
And what to make of an agreement that for the first time puts Arab Israelis in government? Is this the dawn of a new era, or simply a sign that raw personal ambition can lead to anything, including a conservative Muslim Arab serving under a hardline Jew in an eight-party coalition that also includes the pacifist secular left?
Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Juliette Laurain and Imen Mellaz.
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