Blue-&-White leader Benny Gantz is given the “mandate” to form Israel’s government. Now what?

Is Benny Gantz right to try to form a “minority government” coalition that would be eleven (count ’em!) votes smaller than the opposition?

Nowhere in the world responded quicker and more forcefully to the coronavirus than Israel. What’s that tell us about Israel’s political culture?

Has the time come for Israel’s center-left to accept that Benjamin Netanyahu is going to continue as Israel’s Prime Minister, even as he’s tried for bribery, fraud and corruption?

What, if anything, can we learn from this week’s elections about the hearts and minds, hopes and dreams, of Israeli voters?

Ultra-Orthodox politicians say secular and modern-Orthodox folks should vote for them, because they’re the only ones really fighting for what everyone wants: good health care, good transportation, an end to poverty, and such. Can ultra-Orthodox politicians break through to the mainstream?

Tens of thousands of Jewish Israelis tell pollsters that they’ll vote, for the first time, for the mostly Arab-Israeli Joint List. Why?

Just days before we vote, the last thing most Israelis want to hear about are the elections. Why?

Should the government pay mayors to build housing for the ultra-Orthodox, even if their constituents ain’t so wild about the idea?

PM Netanyahu surprises everyone by going positive, asserting that (A) Happy days are here again, and (B) The skies above are clear again. Has the time come to sing a song of cheer again?