This puts Netanyahu in a real bind of what does he do on the one hand he's got to give something to his partners and his constituents and his voters.

On the other hand he's got to walk a very careful line not to not upset the Americans or the Europeans too much. It's going to be complicated. I mean that's just you know that's just one of the big issues that he has. As you may have heard, Prime Minister Nethanyahu is Prime Minister again.

The only Prime Minister in Israel's history to return to power not just once after having left office,

but now a second time.

It is his sixth government, the new right of

center government, 64 member coalition, is now in power. It is attracting a lot of

heat. Today we're going to try and shed a little bit of light on this topic and

try to see if the controversy is merited around this government whether or not there's

some possibilities for hope so we want to have a balanced

conversation and I can think of no one better than with the Akove cats who's

been on this podcast before he's a regular he's the editor-in-chief of the

Jerusalem post he's a former advisor to former Israeli Prime Minister

Nftali Bennett. Earlier in his career, Yakov served as the Jerusalem Post's

military reporter and defense analyst. He's the author of Shadow Strike Inside Israel's Secret Mission to

eliminate Syrian nuclear power. He's the co-author of two other books,

weapon wizards, how Israel became a high-tech military superpower and Israel versus Iran, the Shadow War. But today's topic is

Israel's new government. This is called me back.

And I'm pleased to welcome back to this podcast, my friend Yakov Katz, who is the

editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post and is a frequent guiding voice for me and our listeners on all things Israel Israeli

politics Israeli national security Israel in the world.

Yaqov, thanks for coming back on. Oh's always a pleasure, Dan.

Before we get into what I initially reached out to you about, which is what to make of this

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