For the fifth time in four years, Israeli voters will be casting ballots on Nov. 1. But polls suggest there has been little change in the country’s deep divides — and it may be just as difficult for anyone to form a stable, lasting governing coalition. Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, will parse the results and share behind-the-scenes insights about the coalition negotiations in this conversation with Forward Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren and Jacob Kornbluh, Forward senior political correspondent. |