Israel’s government collapse offers a comeback for Netanyahu
Israel's government has fallen apart, and the Knesset, or parliament, will be dissolved by Wednesday at midnight, in what has come to feel like a familiar tale. This opens the door for the fifth election in three years after the country's most diverse and unusual coalition, which included centrists, right-wingers, left-wingers, and even Islamists, hit a point of impasse after just one year of existence. Israel held four elections over the course of two years before that coalition was established, with each one being close enough to necessitate a second vote. Benjamin Netanyahu, the nation's longest-serving prime minister, was ousted from office after 12 years during Israel's most recent cabinet formation process, which took place almost exactly one year ago. According to some analysts, Israel's current situation shows the growing polarization in the nearly 9 million-person nation in the Middle East as well as sharply divergent perspectives on the country's futu...