More Unites the Parties of Israel's New Government than Divides Them

Anew Israeli government has been sworn in. This new government does not include former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his Likud Party, which has ruled Israel with few exceptions for the last 44 years. And both Bibi's supporters and his opponents will need to adjust to a whole new world in which, to paraphrase President Richard Nixon, they won't have Netanyahu to kick around anymore.

The question remains as to how long this new world will exist. Many pundits predict a quick demise of the new government. The ideological differences within this new coalition are vast; it includes Meretz, an adamant left-wing party, and Yamina, a definitively right-wing party, to say nothing of the Islamist party Ra'am.