Where Does Benjamin Netanyahu Go from Here?

A neighbor told me a joke this morning: You asked the people of Israel one simple question, and they just can't give you an answer. That seems to be what happened on Israeli election day on Tuesday.

Contrary to expectations—and to exit polls late Tuesday night in Israel that showed the opposition in the lead—Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition won 53 seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament, the Knesset, while Gadi Eisenkot's bloc took 48, and the two Arab parties won a combined total of 19. None reached the 61-seat majority required to form a government