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About this webinar:
On March 23rd, the people of Israel went to the polls for the fourth time within two years. As of writing these words, no clear and decisive electoral victory has been determined for any one candidate. Although Prime Minister Netanyahu maintained a decisive lead over all of his challengers, because of the electoral process in Israel, a coalition must be formed in order to reach a majority, consisting of that magic number of 61, out of 120 Knesset seats.
Alex Traiman, Managing Director and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of JNS.org, will help explain the rather convoluted process of “horse-trading” and what goes into forming a coalition government. Hopefully, he will help answer some rather gnawing questions, including: Are the people of Israel doomed to go to a 5th election within two years? Is the system so broken it cannot be fixed? If it can be fixed, how do Israelis go about doing it? Does this system condemn both personal and ideological rivals to sit together within the same coalition?
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