Today, our main focus is on the new Israeli government pieced together last week by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Given how strong his showing was in the recent national elections, how did he wind up with such a narrow and fragile coalition government? For insights and analysis, we turned to
Gil Hoffman, chief political correspondent for
The Jerusalem Post. Here’s
Front Pagesenior producer David Parsons with this week’s feature interview…
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Last week, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu finally pulled together a new ruling coalition just ahead of the deadline for forming a government. And the results of this process were just as surprising as his strong election victory only six weeks earlier. After winning by a much wider margin than anyone expected, the coalition building process has now left Netanyahu in a very weakened position as head of a razor-thin majority of only 61 seats in the Knesset. Now normally, winning 30 seats for the Likud party would have given Netanyahu a strong hand in coalition bargaining. But each one of the other parties he was trying to bring into his newest government all had reasons to want to get back at him. And the result was Netanyahu having to cave in to all the demands made by his coalition partners in order to beat the clock for forming a new government. So how did Benjamin Netanyahu go from a surprisingly strong election victory in March to such a weakened position as head of a narrow government? Who was out for payback against Netanyahu? How stable a government does he now have, and what will its priorities be? Will he try to add other parties from the center/left? And what has been the reaction from the United States and other countries? The New Israeli Government! That’s our focus this week here on Front Page Jerusalem. We’ll have insights and analysis on Israel’s new government from our special guest Gil Hoffman, the chief political correspondent for The Jerusalem Post. He’ll give us the inside story on why Netanyahu went from such a big winner on election day to the head of a very precarious coalition today.
Program Features
The nation of Israel continues to face unfair criticism around the world, and the poison of anti-Semitism is spreading once again against the Jewish people. At times, it seems the only ones truly standing with Israel and the Jews are Bible-believing Christians in countries across the globe. But even there, some reports have surfaced claiming that many Christians are turning their backs on Israel and siding with the Palestinians. Yet is that really the case? Are Evangelical Christians truly abandoning the pro-Israel cause? Not according to one Christian leader who constantly travels the globe and speaks in churches far-and-wide. Rev. Juha Ketola serves as the International Director for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, and in recent years he has been jumping from one continent to another, meeting with hundreds of pastors and preaching about Israel to multitudes of Christians. And he has a different perspective on whether Christians are losing their love and fire for Zion. So just what has he seen and experienced in churches worldwide when it comes to Israel? Are most Evangelicals still standing with the Jewish state and people? Or is that traditional support base starting to erode? And what has been his message to these churches about Israel? Israel and the Nations! That’s our focus next week here on Front Page Jerusalem. We’ll hear from ICEJ International Director Rev. Juha Ketola about what he has been seeing and experiencing first-hand in churches all around the world concerning Christian support for Israel. And he’ll also tell us the message which God has been having him preach in these critical times concerning Israel and her future destiny.
