and find fissures in this coalition to keep netanyahu in power after 12-consecutive years here, robyn. >> and the architect behind this unusual coalition is yair lapid. how has he outmaneuvered mr. netanyahu? and if that is the case. and how is he being viewed in israel? >> well, regardless of how this goes. if the government coalition holds or if it doesn't hold, yair lapid is likely a winner. he has worked hard. and he has an accomplishment here. he has created a government that would oust netanyahu. that looked incredibly unlikely, especially during 11 days of fighting between israel and gaza when it looked like netanyahu had at least united the right behind him and found a way to scuttle the opposition. lapid, however, kept on working around isone, basic fact. netanyahu didn't have a 61-seat coalition. a crucial fact here that netanyahu led to his own downfall. when netanyahu began negotiating with an arab party, he essentially kosherized them. he made it okay for other