Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and rival, Gadi Eisenkot, each vowed to form a government after both came up short in this year’s election. Exit polls showed Eisenkot, a former military chief and political novice, and his opposition bloc neck and neck with Netanyahu's hard-right camp and both well away from the threshold for a majority in parliament.

GUEST: Dr. Joan Swart, Researcher in military science at the University of Stellenbosch