lapid, gantz-- has this been a cohesive team? >> well, no. when you put four men in a room and three of them were from former chief of staff, chiefs of staff, it's complicated. and it's been complicated for them. i think that generally outside they're trying to project that they're all in the same lines, but one of the incidents that has rocked, basically, gantz's campaign is the fact that he's had three series of leaks from intimate discussions he's had, closed door discussions he's held and one of these leaked tapes, you can hear him basically talking about his partners, how he doesn't have any trust in them, how he doesn't-- he has some criticism there, and that does not necessarily-- i think between the three of them and probably -- gantz is not the senior between the three of them, and they're considered more senior at some point in charge of him, his commanders and that makes it complicated. it also makes it complicated-- it makes it complicated that lapid did give up his dream of being prime minister temporarily. there's been pressure

blue and white, the gantz coalition with yair lapid, is not really forward facing.ory to tell. it's story is stop netanyahu. being against something it is not necessarily enough to get you over the line. sometimes ideas capture the age. people are sick of netanyahu as well. we do not do a dateline london programme without discussing brexit. now is the time. even by brexit standards, last week was extraordinary? a seven hour cabinet meeting, a commons vote tied, another that squeaked through on a majority of one, negotiations between theresa may and a man she'd long said was unfit to govern, and to cap it all, a letter to the european union which erased yet more of the red lines she'd once said were indelible. but when history is written, the first week turning point in the brexit saga. because the second week of april is fast upon us and it may prove more fateful. janet, who is actually in power this weekend? good question. it is just as chaotic as it looks. this is really happening. the remainers are, at the moment, thinking that all their christmases have come at

palestinian state and the tenure whose biggest challenges are former military chief benny gantz and yaya lapid of the blue and white coalition against lead israeli forces during the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen on the campaign trail his focus has been on the rising cost of living and fighting corruption and then there is a from the labor party which hasn't won an election in twenty years to palestinian israeli parties are also running harry for some reports now from west jerusalem on the battle for power. which of these men do israelis want as their prime minister for all the myriad parties and themes to loomed over this campaign the real fight remains benjamin netanyahu versus benny gantz has never had a better friend than you for israel's prime minister the strategy has been clear portray himself as the only politician capable of playing in the big league keeping israel safe and scoring wins such as last week's u.s. endorsement it was really sovereignty over the occupied golan heights like his friend in the white house he's gone on the attack against the media and the legal establis

a palestinian state one of his biggest challenges are former military chief benny gantz and yet a lapid of the blue and white coalition against lead israeli forces during the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen on the campaign trail his focus as been on issues like the rising cost of living and fighting corruption and then as. a from the labor party which hasn't won an election in twenty years two palestinian israeli parties are also running our aforesaid reports now from west jerusalem on the battle for power. which of these men do israelis want as their prime minister for all the myriad parties and themes to loomed over this campaign the real fight remains benjamin netanyahu versus benny gantz has never had a better friend than you for israel's prime minister the strategy has been clear portray himself as the only politician capable of playing in the big league keeping israel safe and scoring wins such as last week's u.s. indorsement it was really sovereignty over the occupied golan heights like his friend in the white house he's gone on the attack against the media and the legal es

benny gantz, and yair lapid said we one, benjamin netanyahu said lapid said we one, benjamin neta nyahu lapid said we one, benjamin netanyahu said that was the right block that one. a fundamental point of israeli politics, no one party has gotten through on its own and got the 61 seats of the parliament, it is all about the coalition building. in some ways there is another voting day or another election day which is already started, or effectively began before the polls and that is taking these boats, once they are counted and translating that into a government. let's get some quick analysis from oui’ let's get some quick analysis from our two expert panelists here. a former member of knesset for the labour party and a co—author of the word return about palestinians and a prominent commentator and academic. and a journalist who is beavering away and cannot believe some of the magic numbers they are telling us about israeli par that my politics. what are you distilling in the last hour? benjamin netanyahu made some bets that seem to have worked out and some that seemed not to. his campai

and yair lapid who heads a centrist party called yesh atid.e on security. here's benny gantz. translation: we need to make sure that everyone goes to the polling stations, because we are going to serve all voters from the right and from the left, all israeli citizens. there are 120 seats up for grabs in the israeli parliament. no single party in israel has ever won a majority, so coalition governments are inevitable. polls suggest benjamin netanyahu's likud party — here in red — along with the blue and white alliance, will account for around half of those seats. the remaining seats will be taken by some of the 39 other parties taking part. so the biggest party has to set about building a majority. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in tel aviv. she is leading the coverage of this election. this has been described as his toughest election yet. but i've covered every election in which benjamin netanyahu has won ever since the 19905 and they are always described as difficult to call, unpredictable. but even by those standard,