Five challenges for Israel's new government
Five challenges for Israel's new government Naftali Bennett's inherently unstable coalition faces both domestic and foreign pressures that could easily tear it apart. Israel's incoming government has one basic problem: it is very heterogeneous, with nine parties spanning ideological extremes, from Yamina and New Hope on the right to Labor and Meretz on the left. In order to survive, it will have to avoid dealing with controversial matters that represent core promises of individual parties, from LHBT rights to change in the religious status quo to diplomatic issues. Israel's 36th government fa...