election but it is an issue in the background and that is one reason why natalee bennett is so adamant about his not joining yeah i like paid someone who's seen as as softer in the right wing israeli terms on the israel palestine issue he even went to a t.v. studio on sunday night with a piece of paper that he himself brought in pledging that he would not join a government led by lockheed and that is being seen in some quarters as a real crumbling of his position in terms of netanyahu that he may well come back into the netanyahu fold which could take netanyahu across the line towards a proper majority in the parliament the knesset so things are by no means definite but they are lining up more in favor potentially netanyahu than they have in the previous 3 elections al-jazeera sorry for supporting live from west to roost area many thanks security forces in responding with increasing violence to anti coup protests across the country. this was the moment when police shot a man off his motorcycle in the moment city of mandalay he was laser scores of the way by officers it's unclear how ba

and the ultra-orthodox parties that those 2 parties if all of those together make up to $61.00 natalee bennett a former netanyahu chief of staff who now heads his own party i mean he has indicated that he would be up for joining and netanyahu administration channel one is also saying that the netanyahu bloc appears to have $61.00 votes so there is more than one exit poll now suggesting that netanyahu has just scraped home however we have to put a huge warning sign on this one is that these exit polls have been wrong very dramatically wrong even in these most recent elections and the other one is that a lot of the voting is taking place in corona virus restricted drive through facilities for people who are in quarantine some at a hospital bed sides as well so there are more than usual absentee ballots and. double envelope ballots and the electoral commission has made it clear there will be a delayed counting process there and you can expect proper results coming through on friday so encouraged with that warning but at the moment the signs are looking good for benjamin a. very full sit with the

the much smaller yemenia party also right wing a nationalistic led by natalee bennett's could now hold the key to power bennett is a former ally of netanya. who who could well work with him again should go over the club netanyahu has been in power for 12 years making him israel's longest serving prime minister he's also the 1st to be indicted in office but denies corruption the 71 year old campaign not just on his handling of the pandemic but also played up how he normalized relations with 4 arab states. joining us now for more on this story is correspondent tanya kraemer in jerusalem tanya benjamin netanyahu took to the stage last night claiming a huge victory but the polls this morning tell a very different story don't. yes they do actually it's exactly the situation that most israelis didn't want to see once again forced elections yes it's also quite a stormy morning here i have to say but again the election hangs in the fatah. and with no clear. the pro netanyahu have for a coalition led by benyamin netanyahu once again and those who were running on the anti netanyahu to get for bo

much more problematic for him and then yell in the unlikely chocolate box of israeli politics natalee bennett would be found well to the right of the prime minister he rules out working with lockheed but leaves the door to joining netanyahu at least partially open not so good on some are who share your. different than the painful truth is that netanyahu prefers his own personal interests over the interests of the country his decision to leave the couldn't challenge him from the right at the head of his new hope party was the big news is the campaign began with his promised late surge in the polls has failed to happen. for all that's changed in terms of the lineup of challenges one thing has remained constant throughout this 2 year political crisis it really is all about benjamin netanyahu ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. let's bring in our guests and westerners and then we have gayle hoffman chief political correspondent at the jerusalem post in london we have michael berg senior consulting research fellow at chatham house very well welcome to you both thanks for joining us here on out

the parties that has actually said they're out into the until netanyahu can that's the party of natalee bennett also rising party and he could appear to be maybe the kingmaker because mr netanyahu needs his these seats to coming in between $6.00 to $7.00 seats and only then he would come up to the $61.00 seats he needs but again it's a very very narrow government and as you say the stars really have to come into alignment for benjamin netanyahu to be able to form a government rather easily what happens if we have another still mate i mean i hate to ask you this but it where we have to do you think we could be looking at this election within 2 or 3 years. what i think if you put this to israelis i think this is what they're mostly also concerned about or afraid about i mean i talked to a lot of people here recently they said you know we might see another election in a couple of months time if this doesn't work out. voter turnout was rather low compared to other elections maybe people have also thought you know maybe you know what can we do you know we have to go on vote and vote and nothing real

much more problematic for him and then yell in the unlikely chocolate box of israeli politics natalee bennett would be found well to the right of the prime minister he rules out working with lockheed but leaves the door to joining netanyahu at least partially open not so good on sar shoujo. different the painful truth is that netanyahu prefers his own personal interests over the interests of the country his decision to leave the couldn't challenge him from the right at the head of his new hope party was the big news is the campaign began but as promised late surge in the polls has failed to happen. for all that's changed in terms of the lineup of challenges one thing has remained constant throughout this 2 year political crisis it really is all about benjamin netanyahu ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. the child is among 7 civilians killed in northwestern syria after an underground hospital was shelled by government forces it happened in the rebel held city of at eb west of aleppo about $600.00 attacks on health facilities have taken place in 10 years of conflict in syria warburton badl

probe with natalee bennett israel's former defense ministry minister and the current candidate for prime minister's post. this is a perversion of justice of any basic morals you know when one side or another the 2nd side has a right to self-defense the court is not a court you know they call it the i.c.c. i view it the international circus of clowns let me tell you something you know i thought in quite a few wars defending my family come us shoots rockets at israeli from within hospitals within homes within schools and then when we want to fight back then this i.c.c. thing tells us that we're immoral and you are saying that the militants were based in hospitals on schools but by firing bach were actually schools and nurses and doctors where working civilians were killed there is very much a sense of proportionality to be to be held here isn't there an israel did not. is there you know if if someone is shooting your kids your kids from within the school how proportional are you going to react when there's a sense of self defense of course i agree with but in terms of doing that do you not

in another party the party of natalee bennett who had said that he wanted to replace netanyahu but was open to working with him if you group all of those parties together you get the magic number 61 out of the 120 seats in israeli knesset and that is what is required for a coalition government so at the moment at least there is conference being expressed that this 4th alexion may have got benjamin netanyahu the result that he's been seeking for so long it's an important elements of how that all played out though one of them is the fact that there has been a much lower turnout than last time the lowest for several years since 2009 it's believed particularly in the palestinian israeli sector of the votes where it seems the vote was especially depressed and only 8 members of the joint list arab parties will be in the israeli knesset as opposed to 50 and also the fact that netanyahu will be relying on potentially 6 or 7 seats from the religious scientists and movement which features one man who has spent the recent days talking about his dislike of l.g.b. tea culture and another who talks

much more problematic for him and then yell in the unlikely chocolate box of israeli politics natalee bennett would be found well to the right of the prime minister he rules out working with lockheed but leaves the door to joining netanyahu at least partially open not so good on sour share your. different the painful truth is that netanyahu prefers his own personal interests over the interests of the country. his decision to leave the couldn't challenge him from the right at the head of his new hope party was the big news is the campaign began but as promised late surge in the polls has failed to happen. for all that's changed in terms of the lineup of challenges one thing has remained constant throughout this 2 year political crisis it really is all about benjamin netanyahu ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem scotland's 1st minister nicholas duggan is beginning the most turbulent week of her career she's a pleased if mishandling sexual assault allegations against her predecessor john paul reports from adam. a difficult week ahead for nicholas sturgeon that could see the 1st minister fight

much more problematic for him and then yell in the unlikely chocolate box of israeli politics natalee bennett would be found well to the right of the prime minister he rules out working with lockheed that leaves the door to joining netanyahu at least partially open not so good on sour shy young netanyahu differ the painful truth is that netanyahu prefers his own personal interests over the interests of the country. his decision to leave the coup didn't challenge him from the right at the head of his new hope party was the big news is the campaign began but his promised late surge in the polls has failed to happen. for all that's changed in terms of the lineup of challenges one thing has remained constant throughout this 2 year political crisis it really is all about benjamin netanyahu are a force of al-jazeera west jerusalem. that is kurds have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera waters are rising across parts of the study and states of new south wales a natural disaster has been declared in some regions in the west flooding and decades nicolas cage report

more problematic for him and then you know in the unlikely chocolate box of israeli politics natalee bennett would be found well to the right of the prime minister he rules out working with lockheed but leaves the door to joining netanyahu at least partially open not so good on sour share your. defeat the painful truth is that netanyahu prefers his own personal interests over the interests of the country his decision to leave the couldn't challenge him from the right at the head of his new hope party was the big news is the campaign began but as promised late surge in the polls has failed to happen. for all it's changed in terms of the lineup of challenges one thing has remained constant throughout this 2 year political crisis it really is all about benjamin netanyahu we'll go live to harry in a moment with us throughout the election campaign and before they have been persistent questions about benjamin netanyahu is fitness to be in power all facing corruption charges he's been accused of bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases the allegations include that he accepted improper

much more problematic for him and then yell in the unlikely chocolate box of israeli politics natalee bennett would be found well to the right of the prime minister he rules out working with lockheed but leaves the door to joining netanyahu at least partially open not so good on sar share your. different the painful truth is that netanyahu prefers his own personal interests over the interests of the country. his decision to leave the couldn't challenge him from the right at the head of his new hope party was the big news is the campaign began but as promised late surge in the polls has failed to happen. for all that's changed in terms of the lineup of challenges one thing has remained constant throughout this 2 year political crisis it really is all about benjamin netanyahu ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. still ahead in this news our mission to clean up space the revolutionary litter picker it could be bringing home billions of dollars worth of high tech junk and then sport a kick to remember for this goalkeeper in portugal and they will be here with that story and. a british mission