Even if Netanyahu is deposed, Israel’s direction unlikely to change

Israel’s latest election has left the country facing a familiar political question: Can Benjamin Netanyahu finally be removed from power or will he once again find a way to remain prime minister? The results have weakened his governing bloc but they have not delivered a decisive victory to his main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot. The outcome is less a clear rejection of Netanyahu than a reminder of how difficult it remains to assemble a government in Israel’s deeply divided political landscape. Netan