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March 9, 2020

Israel’s Supreme Court May Have Sown the Seeds of Its Own Disempowerment

Its edict crippling lame-duck governments has led voters to rally around Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Since Israel’s elections in April of last year, the country has had a lame-duck government, authorized to stay in power until the Knesset approves a new coalition. Three elections later, it remains unclear which party, if any, will be able to form a coalition. But one thing is clear from last week’s election: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud received more votes than it did in September. Evelyn Gordon argues that the prime minister benefited from the Israeli voter’s frustration with political stalemate:

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March 9, 2020

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