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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in the cabinet, Nov. 18, 2012 (Photo: Kobi Gideon / GPO)
What will the third Netanyahu government look like, and how will it deal with the Palestinian issue?
Netanyahu would like to include some centrist elements in his government in order to present a more moderate face to the world. However, any meaningful effort to end the occupation is not very likely.  The Israeli post-election routine is under way, and tomorrow (Saturday) night, President Shimon Peres will officially ask Benjamin Netanyahu to try and…
By Noam Sheizaf February 1, 2013
Yair Lapid with "Yesh Atid" activists (photo: Yotam Ronen / activestills.org)
Yair Lapid: The rise of the tofu man
Despite an astonishing surge to second place in the polls, chances of Yair Lapid making  an actual premiership bid are slim. He is risk-averse, lacks a political program, and his projected coalition is too fanciful to work. Lapid is much more likely to join Netanyahu’s next government, and the only question is: Will Lapid be…
By Dimi Reider January 22, 2013
Yair Lapid at journalism conference in Tel Aviv, 20.11.11 (Photo: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills) THUMB
Celebrity-cum-politician Yair Lapid poised to prolong Mideast conflict
Yair Lapid, the celebrity-cum-politician du jour, has generated a sort of nervous excitement within the center-left that Lapid will somehow be the key to returning a center-left coalition to power, as if that coalition is the magical key to conflict transformation. But Lapid doesn’t seem to offer anything by way of a breakthrough. Haaretz reported…
By Dahlia Scheindlin February 3, 2012
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