Bibi, one more time? Israel's election launches

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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 Rosie Bloor.

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  Today on the show, will America keep supporting Africa's counter-terrorism efforts?

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  And as the World Cup approaches, Cape Verde is competing for the first time.

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  First up though, it would be an understatement to say that Benjamin Netanyahu,

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  Israel's Prime Minister, is a political survivor.

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  Though the collapse of Israel's government has repeatedly been predicted in the past couple of years,

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  and many have wished for it, only now begins the campaign

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  and the fight for Netanyahu's future.

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  Today, the Knesset Israel's parliament will begin voting on a dissolution bill.

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  Joe Pfeffer is our Israel correspondent and the author of a biography of Benjamin Netanyahu.

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  This may bring the election forward perhaps to the beginning of September.

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  As it is, the election is supposed to take place at the latest by the end of October.

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  So whatever the date turns out to be, it's already needy in election season.

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  As so many Israeli elections over the last decade

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  or so, this will also be yet again a referendum on Netanyahu as prime minister.

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  So his career, his political future is on the line.

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  Just tell me what's triggered this vote now.

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  So the most immediate trigger of the vote is a dispute between Netanyahu

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