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Planning and construction, housing shortage and, of course, the eradication of crime and violence. there are many things in this agreement that benefit arab society as well as israeli society as a whole. unveiling the eight party agreement, formerfinance minister yair lapid is to take over as prime minister in two years from the right—wing nationalist naftali bennett — no fan of the two—state solution, and keen on expanding israeli settlements in occupied palestinian lands. not that anyone...

Netanyahu is the leader of the largest party and did not manage to form a coalition. its understood that the final details between the two parties are still being discussed right now, and if agreed it would join together parties from across the political divide. so what with the coalition look like? the talks currently involve eight parties from all sides of the political spectrum. and test with forming it is lapid. its the second largest party. he has seen domestically as a centrist. he is seen...

It to those who dont. but, even though mr lapid would lead the biggest party in the coalition, the prime minister, for the first two years, would be naftali bennett. hes the head of the right wing party yamina. they hold seven seats in the parliament. they are opposed to a palestinian state or the two state solution. and mr bennett himself was the head of a jewish settler group championing the right ofjewish settlement in the west bank. he describes himself as more right wing than neta nyahu. in...

He believes in a two—state solution. his secular views have sometimes pitted him against israels powerful ultraorthodox establishment. translation: this is the moment of truth. | it eventually comes down to two options, a large coalition or a government of darkness, racism and homophobia which will take the money of those who work and give it to those who dont. there are plenty of ideological battles ahead but, for now, opposition to mr netanyahu is what binds the two hopefuls, and they are ge...

Joining us now is ben rhodes. an author of "after the fall." jonathan lemire is still with us. ben rhodes, your reaction first to the breaking news out of israel? >> its a fascinating moment to just put this in context. israel had four elections after which people were not able to form a coalition. finally this group succeeded. it is a very ek electric group in the sense that you are lapid whos the leader of the separatist whos a centrist, more secular israeli. he agreed to sacrifice the prime m...

Opposed to some of the things that the country stands for, i think he probably also realises that the pipe administration is not going to prioritise peace with israel and the palestinians. right now, there is no leader in the palestinian side that is prepared to make the compromises. its stalled, sober due focus on the domestic issues actually makes quite a bit of sense.— bit of sense. naftali bennett who will be _ bit of sense. naftali bennett who will be pretty _ bit of sense. naftali bennet...

Get to annex any land. its going to remain the status quo that there has been for quite some time, and then maybe next election, which as a political reporter i hope wont be in another few months, somebody will win and then get to make big decisions on that. >> right. so you feel that things will just stay as they are. what about a move in a direction of a two-state solution? do you see that happening? >> reporter: i dont see the palestinians being able to facilitate that right now. they just ca...

Years. in another setback for netanyahu, the israeli president rejected his legal challenge to an agreement that lets bennett take office before the other opponent. today, he talked about his vision for the region. watch. >> is it safe to say you see the two-state solution as defunct and no longer a viable option? >> we need to look at creative solutions. i came in, in the high-tech arena. what i learned there is when you try something again and again, it doesnt work, you need to try creative an...

They will each have a veto. the ultimate prime minister will be from the center, who is pro-two-state solution, and quite different. he is not a big leftist but he is very different from naftali bennett. so where that leaves us, in a sense, is an attempt to freeze that issue, to freeze the palestinian issues. to wait, while israel deals with other things. but of course, reality doesnt always wait. either, reality or the palestinians, themselves, may unfreeze the issue. and cause a crisis, in thi...

Some dividends as a governing coalition. >> you mention the palestinians and naftali, well to the right of benjamin netanyahu. especially, on the issue of a two-state solution, which is a nonstarter for him. settlements, as well. what does that mean for any, potential, quote/unquote, process if naftali is prime minister? i mean, the palestinians have their own, political issues to deal with, as well. but is that basically an issue that is just off the table for the foreseeable future? >> any, ma...