From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernice and this is The Daily.

This week Israel swore in a new parliament, paving the way back to power for the country's

former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as he is on trial for corruption.

Today, I talk to my colleague, Jerusalem Bureau Chief Patrick Kingsley, about what of the

men behind Netanyahu's improbable return and why Israel is about to get the most right-wing

government in its history.

It's Thursday, November 17th.

So Patrick, Benjamin Netanyahu is about to be back in power, which is pretty surprising

given that he's on trial for corruption and that when we last talked about him on the

show, he'd been voted out.

So how in the world is he back?

The answer to that question is linked to that very corruption investigation that you mentioned.

And that corruption trial had a huge effect on Israeli society.

It split Israeli society in two.

Between those who thought Netanyahu should leave office until the corruption trial was

over and those who felt he should stay in office because the trial was some kind of

stitch up by the deep state.

And what the corruption trial did was it split the Israeli right in half between the pro-Nessonyahu

right and the anti-Netanyahu right.

And one reason why he'd left office was because enough of his former allies on the right

teamed up with his old enemies on the left to force him from power.

And after he was finally asked his prime minister last year, he kept plotting from the sidelines

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