Israeli voters thronged to the polls in record numbers this week, only to produce a frustratingly murky verdict. It may take weeks of haggling among the country’s fragmented political parties to form a new governing coalition — or to decide the country needs a new election.
Although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost his parliamentary majority, the variable geometry of Israeli politics means he could retain his post, possibly in a new unity government between opposed parties.
Americans may not much care who holds power in Jerusalem, but they should. After all, it was Netanyahu who persuaded President Trump to join Israel’s war to topple Iran’s Islamist regime. The regime remains, but Americans are paying dearly for weapons, gas and diesel as the war drags on.
