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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 13, 2026, 10 AM Eastern · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: We turn now to insights into potential post-election government formations.
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  Speaker 1: Sources close to Yehudit Yehudit Chairman Itamar Ben-Givir are indicating
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  Speaker 1: that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be leaning towards forming
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  Speaker 1: a broad national government after the election, even if it
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  Speaker 1: means excluding Mr Ben-Givir from the coalition. According to individuals
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  Speaker 1: familiar with discussions within Ben-Givir's circle, Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent
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  Speaker 1: shift in public messaging, from the well-known slogan of a full,
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  Speaker 1: full right-wing government, to his current emphasis on a broad
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  Speaker 1: national government, is interpreted as a sign of a strategic
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  Speaker 1: move towards a more statesmanlike and centrist approach. These sources
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  Speaker 1: claim that Ben-Givir believes Netanyahu does not wish to repeat
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  Speaker 1: a term where he himself is positioned as the coalition's
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  Speaker 1: leftmost member. with all his partners to his right. Their
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  Speaker 1: assessment suggests that if election results permit, Netanyahu might prefer
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  Speaker 1: to include a figure from the opposing camp, with one
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  Speaker 1: scenario even mentioning former IDF chief of staff Gadi Isenkot,
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  Speaker 1: while keeping Ben-Givia outside the government. Associates of Ben-Givia point
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  Speaker 1: to several indicators supporting this view. They highlight Netanyahu's use
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  Speaker 1: of the phrase broad national government, seeing it as a
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  Speaker 1: deliberate departure from previous rhetoric. They also note factors such
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  Speaker 1: as Netanyahu not appearing with Ben-Givir at the Altilna event
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  Speaker 1: and strategies regarding surplus vote agreements with right-wing parties, which
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  Speaker 1: they interpret as attempts to create a greater separation between
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  Speaker 1: the Likud party and Yehudit Yehudit. From their perspective, these
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  Speaker 1: are not isolated incidents, but part of a broader effort
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  Speaker 1: by Netanyahu to secure more room for manoeuvre following the election.
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  Speaker 1: The core argument among Ben-Givir's associates is is based on
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  Speaker 1: their analysis of Netanyahu's political history. They contend that the
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  Speaker 1: current coalition, where all partners are to the right of Likud,
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  Speaker 1: was an anomaly rather than Netanyahu's preferred model. They recall
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  Speaker 1: instances like 2009, when Netanyahu brought Ehud Barak and the
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  Speaker 1: Labour Party into his government while the National Union remained outside.
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  Speaker 1: They also cite 2013, when Netanyahu reached agreements with Tzipi
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  Speaker 1: Livni early on, forming a government with Yesa Atid and
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish Home, leaving Haredi parties in opposition. According to them,
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu's manoeuvring room gradually narrowed starting around 2015, partly due
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  Speaker 1: to political boycotts, forcing him into a narrow 61-seat government initially,
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  Speaker 1: with Yisrael Bey Teh new joining later. I'm Noah Levi,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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