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Sure but only for 2 years then the centrist comes in. And unlike Bibi I bet Bennett will keep his word on the rotation agreement.
That's if a government holds for two years. Likud and some of the other far right parties aren't going to play ball, I wager, and will do anything they can to see the new government fail and force elections to be held anew; Bib has already stated as much. Even if the government holds until the shift, how long do you expect the ultra right parties that are part of the government to allow the "centrist" to govern?
I don't know the answers to this, clearly, but I'm not as confident as you.
I heard that this new PM is the first to have an Arab coalition in the Israeli Knesset (Israel's version of Parliament or Congress).
The next time the various Arab groups around Israel attack it, will the Arab coalition in the Knesset try to force the new PM to treat them nicely instead of fighting back as he should? And if he fights back, will the Arab coalition drop their support of him, causing him to get kicked out?
This is precisely why the government is destined to fail, IMO. Bennett and his counterparts say they will not focus on contentious issues for the duration of their term, but that's an all but certain impossibility in Israel.
That's if a government holds for two years. Likud and some of the other far right parties aren't going to play ball, I wager, and will do anything they can to see the new government fail and force elections to be held anew; Bib has already stated as much. Even if the government holds until the shift, how long do you expect the ultra right parties that are part of the government to allow the "centrist" to govern?
I don't know the answers to this, clearly, but I'm not as confident as you.
The only thing that even led to the formation of this government was a desire to remove Netanyahu. If it looks like he is in position to ascend again that could well be the same reason that holds the government together. I've never claimed to be certain though, clearly anything could happen.
The only thing that even led to the formation of this government was a desire to remove Netanyahu. If it looks like he is in position to ascend again that could well be the same reason that holds the government together. I've never claimed to be certain though, clearly anything could happen.
True. The wild cards in the new government as far as I'm concerned are the Arab List and some of the smaller religious parties. They have problems with Netanyahu (although the Arab List makes a strange bedfellow with Bennett given Bennett's positions on the issues), but I'd be shocked if the coalition holds for long. Note, if the coalition folds, I'm curious to know if Bennett's and his smaller ultra right party supporters stick with those parties.
this was an election....
...a candidate was elected on a platform
...and that platform was ever further to the right than Bibi ever was
now continue.......
The thing is, in order to actually govern further to the right than Netanyahu in terms of new policies that require the blessing of the legislature, Bennett almost certainly needs the support of Likud and smaller, aligned parties, as the Arab List won't go along. But when Hamas undoubtedly rears its ugly head and threatens the Jewish homeland, try as Bennett claims he will to avoid contentious issues, he'll be forced to go hard right, which will threaten unilateral pullout by the Arab List or else risk that group being tossed aside by its voter bloc. I'm not sure that Likud and their aligned parties will go along, though.
We’ll never know, because Biden came in and upended it. As far as running roughshod over Palestinian interests, they’ve refused peace offerings because they would not recognize Israel’s right to exist at all. After decades of their insistence on pushing Israel off the map, it was time to try a new direction.
Things have deteriorated rapidly under Biden, as he seeks to make nice-nice with the state sponsor of terror, Iran.
Biden just removed more .Iran Sanctions.
Time will tell. We still have no Ambassadors to Israel. That says a lot.
JoeBama is poring money to the Terrorists in Gaza.
We will see how that works out both in Israel and the USA. RADICALS love it of course.
True. The wild cards in the new government as far as I'm concerned are the Arab List and some of the smaller religious parties. They have problems with Netanyahu (although the Arab List makes a strange bedfellow with Bennett given Bennett's positions on the issues), but I'd be shocked if the coalition holds for long. Note, if the coalition folds, I'm curious to know if Bennett's and his smaller ultra right party supporters stick with those parties.
Israeli politics fascinate me.
Well, if the government lasts for 2 years, then that's already pretty good, given the very fragmented political coalitions of all sorts in it. Should be interesting to watch.
After 12 years Israel has a new prime minister. Any thoughts of how this might effect the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
I'm glad Netanyahu was booted out!
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