The Israeli Election Guide for the Perplexed, Part 3

In Part 3 of our Israeli Election Guide Vivian Bercovici explains how former PM Benjamin Netanyahu engineered a merger between far-right parties

I. THE SIT DOWN IN CAESAREA

A few weeks ago, Benjamin Netanyahu invited Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich to visit at his seaside mansion in Caesarea, a wealthy enclave between Tel Aviv and Haifa.

It surely was not for a round of golf at the only course in Israel, a stone’s throw from his home. No. Benjamin Netanyahu was fed up with their petulant squa…