EXPLAINER-‘Only Bibi’ no more: Why does Israel’s Netanyahu want to power-share?

After failing to secure a clear election victory twice in six months, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister now seems to be calculating that he can stay in power only by sharing it. Following Tuesday’s deadlocked parliamentary election, a weakened Netanyahu offered a national unity government on Thursday to his chief rival Benny Gantz – a former general who has emerged this year as a fresh face to take on Netanyahu. Gantz did not even mention Netanyahu by name and left it to his junior party leaders to echo his campaign pledge not to enter an alliance with the prime minister, who faces corruption allegations which he denies.

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