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Jonathan Rynhold

Jonathan Rynhold

Israeli political scientist

Nov 2, 2026

19:27
So I think this is the position of many
19:29
Israelis.
19:31
I want to give a different take.
19:33
And I want to say that the current coalition had 64 seats in the Knesset.
19:39
They're now scheduled to have 53.
19:41
It's almost a 20 percent drop.
19:44
What you have to realize is that the ultra orthodox will vote for the ultra orthodox party no matter what.

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35:13
Johnny, you want to say
2:31
What kind of government do you think the public is willing to accept in terms of broad versus narrower, but more meeting, let's say, the demands of some in the sector? Do they want national unity? So
2:43
I think that the type of government that most Israelis would be willing to accept is one that will be extremely difficult to form.
2:54
I suspect that most Israelis would like a government where which brings together the center right and the center and the left and excludes the ultra orthodox, the far right and the Arab parties.
3:13
But it's very difficult to see how that can happen because The opposition party said they won't serve under Netanyahu.
3:24
And it's hard for me to see that Netanyahu would be part of any coalition that he wasn't the prime minister.
3:31
Some people have suggested there could be a rotation agreement, as there has been in the past.
3:36
But once again, it's hard for me to imagine Netanyahu would agree not to be prime minister first.
6:18
How do you respond to that kind of dilemma?

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