Can Benjamin Netanyahu Be Defeated?

The Political Scene | The New Yorker | Mar 21, 2019

On April 9th, Israel will hold a general election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces several accusations of corruption, and seems sure to be indicted. The increasingly right-wing Likud Party, which has held power for a decade, faces strong opposition from the new centrist party Blue and White, which argues that Israel’s democracy has “lost its way,” and that Netanyahu’s government of “divide and conquer” must be stopped. Bernard Avishai joins Dorothy Wickenden from Jerusalem to discuss what to expect from Israeli politics in the weeks ahead, and what lessons the election holds for the United States.

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