re: #482 lawhawk

The thing is that Likud may well end up losing to Zionist Union in seats, but Likud will still get to form the government because more total seats of parties that are willing to form a coalition with them than with Zionist Union.

IOW, even if he loses, Netanyahu might still win.

Sauce for the goose.

What the Israeli left needs is to force an outright loss - total seats for Zionist Union v. Likud, plus more seats than any coalition Likud could form.

The problem is that the parties remaining aren’t likely to form a government with the others included in the coalition unless there are massive concessions or some serious cognitive dissonance.

What happens if a coalition doesn’t form? Netanyahu stays in power and they have another round of elections in a couple months?