Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scrambling to meet a deadline today to form a coalition government or be forced to step down, weeks after winning re-election. The political crisis was triggered when Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman abruptly joined the opposition this week. Emily Harris, Jerusalem correspondent for NPR.
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- Emily Harris, NPR international correspondent, based in Jerusalem. She tweets @emilygharris.
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