After a turbulent week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on the evening of March 13 that the coalition crisis is over and a compromise has been reached over the conscription bill and the 2019 budget.

“Fake crisis or no fake crisis, what’s certain is that it was a resounding wake-up call for some of the parties and certainly for many of us Knesset members,” said Labor's Eitan Cabel of the crisis that almost led the State of Israel to a snap election, with a candor uncharacteristic for a politician.

Cabel’s tweet summed up the state of the political system after the great crisis: Theoretically there’s a return to routine, but nothing will ever be the same again. An early election could still happen, and so all of the players are taking stock. If before it was safe to assume that the election will take place in 2019, now anything’s possible.

The crisis exposed the weaknesses and fears of all the players in both the opposition and the coalition, as the prime minister attempted to trigger an early election for his own benefit, only to be blocked at the last minute by his own colleagues.