2026 is election year in Israel. After four of the most tumultuous and traumatic years in the country's history, Israelis will go to the polls to elect a new Knesset, which will form a new government.

How do Israeli elections actually work? What is at stake in the coming national elections? What will determine their outcome? And will Benjamin Netanyahu win, lose, or something in between? Join us for a conversation with Amichai Magen, Director, Israel Studies Program at Stanford University.

Bio: Professor Amichai Magen is the founding Director of the Jan Koum Israel Studies Program at Stanford University. Previously, he served as head of the MA Program in Diplomacy & Conflict Studies, and Director of the Program on Democratic Resilience and Development (PDRD) at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel. His research and teaching interests address democracy, the rule of law, political orders, as well as Israeli politics and policy. Magen received the Yitzhak Rabin Fulbright Award (2003) and was the W. Glenn Campbell National Fellow at the Hoover Institution (2008-9). In 2016, he was named a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy, an award that recognizes outstanding thought leaders around the world. He served on the Executive Committee of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and is a Board Member of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR).