This recording is from “Is Israel ungovernable?” which was an hour long webinar – including a Q&A session – by Gregg Carlstrom on 08 October 2026.

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Some of the areas the talk addressed, were:

• Will Netanyahu prevail again?
• Who is Gadi Eisenkot and does his Yashar party have a realistic chance of ending the Netanyahu era?
• What is the likely role of key potential kingmakers including Naftali Bennett?
• Where will the religious and the extreme right wing lend their support?
• The role of the US, Trump and the Democrats and how shifting support for Israel may bear out after the midterms.
• Likely election outcomes and their implications for regional security.
• How much of Netanyahu’s foreign policy will survive Netanyahu? To what extent is Israel’s current foreign policy driven by his personal ideology or interest?
• What is the likely future of the Abraham Accords and Israel’s relations with the Arab world?
• What might the election mean for the Israeli economy?

Speaker

Gregg Carlstrom is a Middle East correspondent for The Economist, based in Dubai. He has covered the region for more than 15 years, with previous stints in Beirut, Cairo and Tel Aviv.

He is a frequent guest on major television and radio networks and a regular speaker to public- and private-sector audiences. His work has also appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic and other publications. His first book, on Israel’s domestic political schisms, was published in 2017.