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Liron Lavi

Liron Lavi

Nov 2, 2026

7:29
Lerone or Eitan, would you like to comment? Lerone?
7:35
Yeah, so my takeaway before we delve into coalition formation and the political deadlock is the high turnout of Israelis.
7:45
The final numbers are 77.7%, so almost 78%, the highest in more than 25 years.
7:48
So Israelis really took the chance to to make their voice heard.
7:59
As Jonathan said, Israelis came from abroad.
8:05
Israelis are used to having election every year, every two years.
8:09
So it's been a while since they have just enough to be once in four years to vote.

13 MINS LATER

21:45
Do they hold the key to upcoming coalition negotiations? And what does that tell us about the changing dynamics in Israeli society? Laron, would you mind answering that?
Alan ZeckelmanMODERATOR
4:15
Dr. Lavi, as you look at the campaign so far, what do you see as the defining questions for Israeli voters?
4:26
Hi, Alan, and hello, everyone.
4:29
I'm very happy to be here.
4:31
You're right to ask about Israelis defining questions rather than a question in this campaign, because Israeli voters do not share one defining question in this election.
4:42
They're asking three different questions depending on where they stand politically, and the campaign is trying to answer all three at once, but by different parties.
4:52
So on the right, you'd see foreign affairs and security in the top factor.
4:59
In the center, voters say the economy and cost of living are the top priority.

12 MINS LATER

Alan ZeckelmanMODERATOR
17:01
What will it take for Israelis across the political spectrum to feel that the election and the government it produces represents them? How do we get that feeling? How will people feel that they have a government that represents them? What do you think?

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