The end of the Netanyahu era?

Worldly

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Zack, Jenn, and Alex discuss the political earthquake happening in Israel that could soon see longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ousted from power by a shaky coalition of far-right, centrist, leftist, and Islamist parties. They explain how this unlikely coalition came together, why it could easily fall apart, and what the possible end of the Netanyahu era means for the future of Israel and its conflict with the Palestinians. References: Zack wrote a piece for Vox in 2020 about the war on Israeli democracy. You can find the Yair Lapid quote Alex read over at Foreign Policy. The Times of Israel has a good (and short!) profile of Naftali Bennett. The Associated Press reports the coalition wants a quick vote to confirm the government. Haaretz has a smart piece on how Netanyahu unwittingly sowed the seeds of his political demise. Politico featured a piece by experts detailing what the new Israeli government could mean for US President Joe Biden. The Jerusalem Post features the comment Jenn mentioned, where Bennett talks about killing Arabs. Hosts: Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox), White House reporter, Vox Consider contributing to Vox: If you value Worldly’s work, please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts More to explore: Subscribe for free to Today, Explained, Vox’s daily podcast to help you understand the news, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. About Vox: Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow us: Vox.com Newsletter: Vox Sentences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:26.0	Benjamin Netanyahu has been the Israeli Prime Minister since 2009.
1:31.0	He was the Prime Minister also back in the 90s and some total is the longest serving Prime Minister in Israeli history.
1:37.0	It seems like his reign might finally, finally, be coming to an end.
1:42.0	On Wednesday this week, a group of opposition parties, a crazy diverse group spanning the far right to the far left to an Islamist party,
1:51.0	somewhere off on a diagonal, have agreed to unite in a coalition that has enough votes to take Netanyahu out of power.
1:58.0	Whether or not this agreement will stick around long enough to actually dethrone Netanyahu is sort of an open question at this point.
2:04.0	But right now, it's really looking like that's going to happen and Israel will finally, for the first time since 2009, get a new Prime Minister.
2:13.0	That's what we're going to talk about today and worldly, part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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