On key foreign and defense issues that affect Israel’s national security and survival, the composition of its new government raises more questions than answers. Its composition is unlikely to permit the launching of any game-changing initiatives. But precisely what direction this new government might take remains to be seen.

Shai Feldman is the Judith and Sidney Swartz Director of Brandeis University’s Crown Center for Middle East Studies and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.