The Knesset

Over the next 21 days, Knesset members will try to form a majority that will recommend to the president an agreed candidate for prime minister.

Bibi is quite content to let the court slip back into the hands of the left, because Bibi is not a rightwinger.

Blue&White has the chairmanship of the Regulating Committee (MK Avi Nissenkorn) as well as the Speaker of the House – MK Benny Gantz.

Netanyahu needs to only pull over two MKs and he has a coalition.

President Rivlin's options are to decide how much time pressure he should put on the coalition negotiations.

The city with the largest number of coronavirus patients is Jerusalem, where 1,253 residents have been diagnosed, a 10% increase since Friday. Bnei Brak has 1,192 infections, up 12%.

"In the upcoming term, at least 4 judges will be appointed to the Supreme Court. This is a historic opportunity to formulate a conservative majority."

Outgoing Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has a lot to say about the events of the past few months. Having recently become the first Knesset Speaker in history to resign, he says he's learned to stand up for his principles, even if it comes at a price.

"None of us was born a minister, Opposition is not a dirty word."

Here's a wild prediction: Israel Resilience may turn out to be a perfect fit with Likud.

Bibi understood, with the mystical foresight of a hunter, that Gantz did not have it in him, Gantz did not have the killer's instinct, the total dedication, the unbound desire.

Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), Gantz's partner strongly opposes the move.

Yet more statement by Lapid-Gantz supporters in support of terrorists and terrorism.

Meanwhile, finance committee from the Likud, Shas and UTJ boycotted Wednesday's committee meeting, and may also boycott the meeting Forer has called for Thursday morning.

The High Court of justice ordered overnight Thursday the transfer of the authority to convene a Knesset plenum to the eldest MK, Amir Peretz (Labor).

Edelstein said the court had been "dragged into political negotiations" instead of allowing the Knesset to elect a new speaker with a broad consent.

Edelstein's resignation thwarted the possibility of holding a vote for a new Speaker until Monday.

Edelstein's resignation was made in protest, and also to avoid a precedent in which the High Court of Justice is obeyed when it intervenes in the workings of parliament.

They will manipulate the committee agenda, seeing as many of the List MKs openly support anti-Zionist terrorism.

Edelstein is reportedly furious at the High Court panel of five justices, especially since they obviously didn't bother to read his lengthy and well annotated response.

"In one of the most difficult crises since the establishment of the state, the legal system is attempting a government coup in the State of Israel, no less."

The Joint Arab List sees itself as naturally entitled to what has to be the most vital Knesset committee, bar none, because they are the third largest faction in the Knesset.

A month ago, Gantz stepped on the biggest political landmine of his short career when he had to decide: Tibi or Bibi.

And this is the level to which Blue&White is prepared, nay, happy to sink in order to replace Netanyahu at the helm.

The majority of the patients are in light condition, 10 are in moderate condition and five are in serious condition.

Yair Lapid's follower David Roth wrote him Tuesday night: All I care about is for Israel not to become another Italy. Stop messing around and join an emergency government.

It is likely that all 120 Knesset members will have to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus.

All in all, fourth elections could spell the collapse of Blue&White, in a fashion reminiscent of Labor's stunning crash from 24 to barely half a dozen in the last successive elections.

In the meantime, Netanyahu is focusing his energies on keeping the pandemic under control in the Jewish State.

It is currently forbidden to assemble in groups of more than 10.