HAVING CALLED an early election in an attempt to strengthen his authority, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has, in the end, crippled himself. The right-wing coalition due to take office this week will have a majority of just one vote in the parliament — meaning that any one of the 61 fractious members of the five-party coalition can bring it down at any time. While the veteran prime minister said Monday that he would try to add to his bloc, he has been publically rebuffed by the leader of the left-wing Labor Party, who says he’s not up for “saving Netanyahu from the hole he has dug for himself.”
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