Israeli Elections Part II

By Chris Yunker from St. Louis, United States - Knesset Building, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39497253

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a new government after the April 2019 election. Now, on September 17, 2019, the nearly six million Israeli nationals eligible to vote, were again called upon to decide on the composition of the Knesset. The choice is 32 parties.

Here is a brief background report on the parties that ran for elections and on the Israeli voting system (article in German).

It is still unclear what the new Israeli government will look like or if it even comes to that at all. Now there are three rivals. No one can attack without risking being attacked themselves - such a situation is colloquially referred to in the American as a "Mexican duel". 

Here is a brief analysis of the situation after the elections that took place on September 17,2019 (article in German).