TEL AVIV — Before Israel’s election, I warned that no one should pin high hopes on the outcome. Sadly, that advice has been vindicated. An electorate deeply split along tribal and cultural lines did not hold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accountable for multiple prolonged wars, overseeing countless war crimes, and decimating Israel’s global standing. Instead, the vote delivered a deadlock. To be sure, Netanyahu’s opponents won more seats in the Knesset than his right-wing coalition did — 67, compared to 53. But whereas such an outcome might have sparked celebration in another democracy, it does not necessarily augur change in Israel. Of those 67 seats, 19 went to two Arab-led parties, with which the anti-Netanyahu bloc, headed by former Chief of the General Staff Gadi Eizenkot, has vowed not to cooperate. This means that Eizenkot’s bloc might seek to form a national unity government, with Eizenkot and Netanyahu rotating as prime minister. The scale of the compromise should not be underestimated: past experience suggests that, in such a scenario, Netanyahu would outmaneu