Who Will Lead Israel?
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
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🗓️ 26 September 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
After the second indecisive general election in Israel this year, Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked to form a new government - but can he make it work?
Some observers said last week's election would mark the end of the Netanyahu era, but Jeremy Bowen warns that premature political obituaries for Mr Netanyahu have proved wrong before.
Plus: Hugo Bachega reports on a controversial crackdown on street gangs in the favelas of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, which has led to the death of a number of innocent casualties this year.
President Trump has frequently castigated Iran, calling it a 'repressive regime' - but what do US voters think about this constant sabre-rattling? The USA is home to a sizeable Iranian diaspora, and Lois Pryce travelled to California to test the political temperature in LA's Iranian quarter, 'Tehrangeles'.
Pre-packaged adventures into the wilds to spy on the wonders of nature are big business, but on a trip to Uganda, Lottie Gross experienced a creeping sense of unease, as the intrusive nature of her luxury adventure began to unfold.
The Rugby World Cup is currently underway in Japan and for one of the host cities - the coastal city of Kamaishi - the competition marks a remarkable recovery. Ash Bhardwaj has been exploring what rugby means for the city, as it recovers from the devastation caused by a Tsunami in 2011.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Today, how a crackdown on crime in Rio de Janeiro slum districts is having unacceptable |
| 0:11.2 | consequences. In Uganda, a chance to see the great guerrillas |
| 0:15.7 | leaves our correspondent with an ethical dilemma and how to revitalise a devastated city in Japan? The answer lies in a game, rugby. |
| 0:26.4 | Last week's general election in Israel produced an indecisive result, but the Prime |
| 0:31.2 | Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked by the President to form the |
| 0:35.3 | country's next government, after his main opponent failed to agree a deal on a unity government. |
| 0:41.2 | He's got six weeks to try and make it work. Many thought this election |
| 0:45.4 | would be the end of an era for Israel's longest serving PM. Jeremy Bowen warns |
| 0:50.6 | that writing Mr Nettinger whose political obitry may yet again prove premature. |
| 0:56.0 | Under another perfect blue Jerusalem sky, my Israeli colleague Alon was downcast. |
| 1:03.6 | It was the morning of the 30th of May 1996. |
| 1:07.8 | The night before the country had gone to bed with the news |
| 1:10.5 | that the veteran Israeli politician Schim Perez had finally at the fourth time |
| 1:15.7 | of asking managed to win an election. |
| 1:19.4 | I'd spent that evening at the headquarters of his opponent Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 1:24.0 | His supporters were mourning his defeat to music blasting out of the speakers that had been installed for his victory speech. |
| 1:32.0 | A group of middle-aged women dressed in their best party clothes |
| 1:35.8 | stood on chairs singing along, tears and heavy makeup running down their faces. But Israel had woken up the next morning to find the last few |
| 1:46.8 | votes had pushed Netanyahu past the winning post. For the first time he'd made it to the top he was Prime Minister. |
| 1:55.2 | Those women must have dried their tears and marveled at the man whose supporters came to see |
| 2:00.1 | as a political magician. I told Alon my disconsolate Israeli colleague, not to worry. |
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