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[–] elouboub@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Will the people vote differently? I bet not.

[–] gastationsushi@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Coalition governments are totally different than a two party system in the USA. There are over a dozen parties with in Israel, Netenyahu needed to form a coalition with ultra-nationalist to win. Each of these parties have to be kept happy else the coalition falls apart.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The Knesset has 120 seats. Likud has 32. Most Israelis did not vote for Netanyahu.

[–] crackajack@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago

Well, it might. The Hamas surprise attack is the exact same thing as the surprise attack that started the Yom Kippur War. The prime minister at the time, Golda Meir, was also blamed for intelligence failure and her government resigned. This might happen again under Netanyahu, but he seems to be a smart enough fella for self-preservation so he might have learned from history. But who knows.

(as an aside, very ironic to say "intelligence failure" if anyone catches my drift)