The impending political change of guard has implications beyond Jerusalem

As far as a new Israeli regime is concerned, it will also work on the same idea of “one nation theory”. But the world community would definitely expect from Israel’s new prime minister that he puts all his efforts into maintaining peace on a decades-long crisis under the two nations theory.

After tight Israeli election, Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure appears perilous — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The world also expects that under the new leadership, Israel will not contravene the resolutions of the UN and EU. (AP)

After his double defeat in the legislative elections, Benjamin Netanyahu is exploring all the possibilities to retain his decades-old doctrine in Israel. He even appealed to his nearest rival, Benny Gantz, to form a Unity Government, but the proposal was rejected. No party could get the majority number of 61 in the 120-member Knesset. The picture was almost the same when no party could prove majority after the first election held in April, and the nation again went to the polls on September 17. The new results witnessed a typical change in the voting pattern of the Arab Israeli who had almost boycotted the elections earlier — more than 50 per cent of the minority population had not used their voting right.