The March 2, 2020 elections: Israel's election system is broken

Israel's next national elections are now just thirteen days away. Latest polls indicate that voter sentiment hasn't changed since the first two elections that have preceded this election. That is, once again, both Netanyahu and Gantz still poll at almost equal number of Knesset seats won, with--at the moment--Gantz ahead by just one or two seats (here). As with the first two elections, such a result means that both Netanyahu and Gantz once again will probably be unable to form a government, should one of them win the upcoming March 2, 2020 election (here). 

That means--should this stalemate happen--that yet again, Israel will be deadlocked (ibid). Once again, Israel will be left without a democratically-chosen government. Worse yet, this circumstance would also mean that Avigdor Liberman, with perhaps no more than eight Knesset seats (less than 7 percent of the Knesset) to his name, will apparently remain 'the king-maker'. 

If  Liberman does get to play 'king-maker', Israel might not get a leader chosen by the majority of its voters. Instead, Israel could end up with a minority politician (Liberman) with few enough votes to be able, under normal circumstances, to exercise much influence over anyone, actually ending up with the power to make the voters' choice for them. 

Seems to me like Israel's entire election system will have to be overhauled. One good reason for such an overhaul is cost. Each national election costs Israel something like a billion+ shekels. This third election--if it ends in a a deadlock-- will have meant more than 4.5 billion invested into a 'losing game'. 

Israel's taxpayers aren't so rich they can long afford to invest that kind of cash into something that continues to fail. Perhaps Israel would be better off with a simple, 'vote-for-the-man-you-want-to-be-leader' method of selection, as is done in the US. 

Certainly that would be fairer and more 'democratic' than the 'Rube Goldberg' system (overly complex plan created to get a simple result) Israel now uses. It would certainly be cheaper. 

Besides, Israel's current election system isn't the most 'Democratic' way to elect a new leader. It leaves the final choice for leadership not dependent upon a final vote-count of all of Israel's voters, but upon the negotiation skills of a few normally unpopular politicians (if these politicians were popular, they'd get a lot more than 7-9 seats in an election). Is this how Israel wants to govern itself?

How many unworkable elections will Israel need to endure before voters decide to change? How many unpopular politicians will grab the reins of power from voters' hands before Israel decides to change?

Indeed, how many future Libermans must take charge of  Israel's voting booth before Israel decides to change?

Enough is enough.