Bibi will likely win – but the ‘monster phenomena’ Ben Gvir was the star of this election

It appears that Benjamin Netanyahu has a clear path to forming a coalition – and not merely a shaky one-seat majority, but a government with a substantial two to nine seats above the halfway mark depending on the final outcome. However, the star of the 2022 election is indisputably Itamar Ben Gvir – the “monster phenomena” of the election, as one analyst put it. And Ben Gvir is not even the head of the Religious