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| Anti-Netanyahu coalition seen increasingly likely to secure Knesset majority |
| 2021-06-05 |
| [IsraelTimes] MK Nir Orbach, regarded as greatest potential threat to Bennett-Lapid government, privately says he won’t torpedo it, according to multiple reports, but nail-biting 10 days ahead. The eight-party coalition that aims to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears increasingly likely to secure the necessary majority support in the Knesset, Israel’s two main news stations reported Friday night. The assessment among all members of the "change bloc," led by Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, is that the coalition will indeed be sworn in, Channel 12 said, with a wafer-thin 61-59 majority. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 On the other hand, the ultra-orthodox are for sale - the sects can't last long without public funds. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2021-06-05 11:55 |
| #5 you know tw, that sounds familiar don't it? |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-06-05 10:17 |
| #4 I hope nobody on the right really wants to allow Ra’am, the party of the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel, anywhere near the levers of power, but without Bibi Netanyahu’s Likud they’re stuck. I’m with g(r)omgoru, but I thought I would post just one article on the subject, in case they really do manage to cobble together a government this time — I didn’t want y’all to be shocked, should the time come. It’s just really annoying that that the Israeli press and the governing class so loathe Mr. Netanyahu that they’re willing to take down the entire country to do so, exactly as the same class has been doing here. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-05 08:47 |
| #3 I could spend time today reading about Israeli politics, but I think I'll give my brain a rest and read about quantum mechanics instead. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-06-05 08:39 |
| #2 Probably a while since they never really have to think about the issues, they can get people not to notice by talking about Emmanuel Goldstein again. Just like Emmanuel Orangestein here. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-06-05 06:56 |
| #1 Yea, well, lets see how long it lasts. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-05 03:22 |