we have gail hoffman. she is the political correspondent at the jerusalem post. ondon we have a senior research consultant at chatham house. welcome to you both. i would like to begin with you gail. take that statement posed by our correspondent. are these elections really now just about benjamin netanyahu yucca --? >> unfortunately, yeah. i would've loved if this would be about serious issues like the economy in matters of religion and state and where the final borders shoulde in negotiations with the palestinians that are inevitable to take place under joe biden. but no, they are about the person who is our prime minister, the longest in any -- in israel's history. he is a divisive figure. people either love him or hate him. as long as you have a majority of people in israel who agree with his policies, a majority of people who not want men yahoo! to remain in office, -- netanyahu to remain in office, especially under indictment. >> is that the only factor in play here yucca --? explain how they got to this point. >> we were supposed to have a government that wo