You've come a long way, Bibi: Israel's crucial election

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  Today on the show, takeaways from the World Cup and the passing of the world's largest iceberg.

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  First up, though,

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  This morning, Israel's parliament voted to dissolve itself.

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  That puts the country officially back in campaigning season.

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  An election will be held in late October.

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  Long-time listeners will remember just how tired of that Israeli voters can get.

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  Before this government, the country had five elections in less than four years.

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  Each time it was an uphill battle to cobble together a coalition that could actually govern.

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  Each time, of course, with Binyamin Netanyahu at or with easy access to the top.

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  This time, well, it will again be compromises and horse trading, but the stakes seem far, far higher.

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  I think this is one of the most important elections that Israel has ever had.

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  Josie Delap is our Middle East editor.

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  It's the first chance for people to pass judgment on the government

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  since the attacks of October the 7th in 2023 and the wars that have come after that.

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  And it is a chance to pass judgment on a government

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  that has been perhaps the most extreme that Israel has ever had

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  in its ultra-nationalism and its religiosity.

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