In a future election, it's a one-man show.

The Airelapi today is the unequivocal leader of the center-left block and basically of the largest party.

He brought Yeshatied his party up from 19 to 24 seats. He grew in a significant way and whenever the next election will take place,

I'll be able to say, look, it's me against BB. Forget about the small parties.

Now it's just about me. So finally Israel has what appears to be a stable government.

After five elections in 44 months it looks like there will not be a sixth election around

the corner.

That's the good news, although there are a lot of questions about some of the political

figures that will be populating it who have a history

of some pretty inflammatory rhetoric and actions. We'll dive into this issue as well as what it means

for Netanyahu's ability to manage his new government

and what are the geopolitical issues he's going to have to deal with and all these

considerations he's going to have to balance from Iran to Russia Ukraine to his

relationship with Washington to his relationships with the

broader Arab world and continued normalization. To help us understand these issues, we are

joined by Yakov Katz, editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post, who's been on this

podcast before. Before becoming editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, Yakov

served as the paper's military reporter and defense analyst.

He's the author of Shadow Strike inside Israel's secret mission

to eliminate Syrian nuclear power.

And he's the co-author of two books,

weapon wizards, how Israel became a high-tech military superpower and Israel versus Iran, the Shadow War.

...