This is not the US, the PM is just the one that gathered enough parties to vote for him. Netanyahu's own party got 23% of the votes, but joined forces with other right-wing and orthodox jewish parties.
to put in perspective - Lapid, the head of the opposition, got 17% votes for his party, and Gantz's party got 9%, so together they actually have more voters. They just don't recruit the orthodox jews, else they could've actually formed a coalition even now (not gonna happen ever, but those are the numbers)
ConqueredCabbage t1_jdqbocq wrote
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This is not the US, the PM is just the one that gathered enough parties to vote for him. Netanyahu's own party got 23% of the votes, but joined forces with other right-wing and orthodox jewish parties.
to put in perspective - Lapid, the head of the opposition, got 17% votes for his party, and Gantz's party got 9%, so together they actually have more voters. They just don't recruit the orthodox jews, else they could've actually formed a coalition even now (not gonna happen ever, but those are the numbers)