Likud loses, opposition parties gain mandates in new poll
The national party gained a mandate, and for the first time in a long time, the Labor Party has crossed the electoral threshold with 3.6%, which yields four mandates.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz in the Knesset plenum last week. ‘Gantz is most likely the next prime minister,’ the writer predicts, ‘but his tenure will be a stopgap, leading toward the maturation of a next generation of Israeli leaders.’(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByMOSHE COHENUpdated:
