This is Jacobin Radio, I'm Suzy Weisman.

Today we're going to look at the momentous appeal in Israel.

The fourth election in two years has finally been resolved, at least for the moment, with

the end of Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year reign, Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister.

A consummate and corrupt opportunist Netanyahu unleashed a major shock in all campaign against

Gaza for 11 days last month, as well as in November 2019, and some would say, to deflect

attention from his own legal problems and his inability to form a governing coalition.

In this respect, Thomas Friedman has written that Netanyahu and Hamas have needed each

other for each to remain in power and prevent a more moderate coalition from destroying their

respective positions in power.

Nepali Bennett, a far-right leader of the tiny Yamina or Rightward Party, will now be

Prime Minister for two years, yielding then to his secular centrist coalition partner

Yar Lapid for the next two years.

Netanyahu facing criminal corruption charges warns he'll be back.

We're going to talk to Yoav Pellad to clarify what all of this means.

He's the author most recently of the religionization of Israeli society, which couldn't be

timelier to explain the dynamics of nationalism and religion in Israel, both among Muslims and

Jews.

We're going to get Yoav's analysis and look at the ways this conflict reflects political

trends in the wider world.

This one, our program returns in just a moment.

This is Jackeman Radio, I'm Suzy Weisman, and really pleased to have Yoav Pellad back

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