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On March 17 Israelis went to the polls to elect the 20th Knesset, after the previous government – the third to be led by Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu – collapsed following two years of constant internal sniping and mutual distrust. The short, troubled tenure of the outgoing coalition finally buckled when Netanyahu fired Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (Hatnuah) for reasons which most commentators recognize as no less personal than policy-driven...
