Whatâs Wrong with Israelâs Political System? Flash 90 The March 23, 2021 elections in Israel â the fourth election cycle in two years â failed once again to produce decisive results and the country is left to wonder if there is any way out of its current political stalemate. Although Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahuâs Likud party emerged again as the largest faction in the Israeli parliament (Knesset) with thirty seatsâ the party actually lost six seats, and the right-wing bloc of parties aligned with the Likud came just short of a 61-member majority. It is not clear at this point in time whether a government will soon emerge, or if the country will shortly be headed towards a fifth (!) round of elections. Even if a government will be formed, it will probably to feature the most unlikely of compositions. Either as another Likud government supported through some cooperation between the Islamic Party (Raâam) and the extreme right-wing party (Religious Zionism), or an even broader âcoalition of changeâ stretching from a conservative right wing party (Yemina) to the liberal left (Meretz) with Arab MKs supporting the new alternative government as either full members or through some sort of other parliamentary cooperation.