Original upload date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 14:08:03 GMT
Tom Gross comments for BBC Arabic: After Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form an Israeli government, today Israeli President Rivlin asked opposition leader Benny Gantz to try and form one instead. This i
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s the first time in over a decade that a politician other than Netanyahu has been asked to form a government. But Gantz’s chances also seem slim. There is an outside chance that he will either form a minority government or make last minute concessions to Netanyahu and form a unity government with him. But if not, then Israel will likely end up holding a third general election in less than a year.
Einstein famously said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. Often that phrase is used when it is not really true, but in this case it might be. A third election will probably again produce a stalemate unless someone gives ground. -- Tom Gross
Full BBC report here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-PwtgsS5KI
