One thing I was asked was about Ra'am, the Islamist party that joined the new coalition. They joined because they wanted to be part of a government and have influence.
https://twitter.com/ariehkovler/status/1404427105023168516
Ra'am would have joined Netanyahu instead if he had the numbers. In fact, they tried to, but the far right parties refused to be in a coalition with them.
By joining the Bennett/Lapid government, they won policy commitments on stuff their voters care about: investment in Bedouin towns in the Negev desert, easing of demolitions, a plan to fight organised crime in Arab communities.
Reportedly, Netanyahu offered Ra'am exactly the same package, but in the end he couldn't deliver. So Ra'am went with Lapid (and later Bennett) instead, because it was the only game in town.
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