Is Binyamin Netanyahu’s time up as Israel’s prime minister? As a vote in parliament triggers the election campaign, our correspondent – and Netanyahu’s biographer – analyses what comes next. We join a US-backed counter-terrorism training exercise in Africa and question whether such missions will outlast Trump. And how Cape Verde came to take part in its first World Cup.
Guests and host:

Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent
Tom Gardner, Africa correspondent
Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent
Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel, Knesset, Gaza, Hizbullah, Iran
Ivory Coast, jihadism, anti-terrorism, overseas aid
World Cup, FIFA, Cape Verde

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