Tag: Bennett

"This is a sensitive law that has almost twice been rejected in the High Court."

Earlier in the day, Hamas launched dozens of terror balloon attacks.

The most combative among the incoming team was undoubtedly the next Minister of Religious Services (Bennett's old job) Matan Kahana from Yamina.

Ze'ev Elkin threatened to blow up the coalition if a new, independent office for overseeing Area C isn't created.

The coming diaspora minister will be Labor MK Gilad Kariv who is both a Reform clergy and the executive director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism.

The coalition agreements place both the Bedouin Settlement Authority and the Knesset’s Interior Committee, the key actors on the Negev issue, under the complete control of the left-wing bloc and the Islamic party Ra'am.

The initiative lacked the necessary support within the coalition-in-formation, and comes on the heels of Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid's announcement of his ability to form the next government.

The current breakdown of the Judicial Appointments Committee leans is in favor of the activists by 5 to 4 at best. Shaked is aiming to reverse this by replacing one leftist vote – Michaeli.

"Imagine the unique thing Lapid has done – Yamina, the left, the center, he put them around the same table."

"Huh?"

"It bothers Zandberg that the dear Chabad Chassidim offer passers-by to put on tefillin."

Gafni also attacked New Hope chairman Gideon Sa'ar.

Everyone in Israel's political system other than Netanyahu only stands to lose from a fifth round.

Perhaps the race isn't really between the current party leaders at all...

The bill doesn't create a coalition, but does give legitimacy and a mandate to the winner that might convince the nay-sayers to join the coalition of the winner.

Say what you will about Bezalel Smotrich, the man is a great dreamer. And this time around, the math is in his favor.

The good news is there won’t be a fifth election. The bad news is there won’t be a solid rightwing coalition either.

Netanyahu is right where he wants to be, with a choice of coalition partners to pick from.

If no government budget is passed early next week, then on Tuesday at midnight, the Knesset will automatically dissolve and Israel will go to a fourth election campaign in less than two years.

And yet, despite the overwhelming dissatisfaction with his job performance, 31% of those surveyed believe that Netanyahu is best qualified to serve as prime minister.

Bennett harshly criticizes the former director general of the Health Ministry, Moshe Bar-Siman Tov, and the head of the public health services department, Professor Michal Sadecki – both no longer in their posts.

The Bennett-Liberman alliance will bombard the Likud with rightwing bills that will embarrass Netanyahu and set him up for failure in the settlements come next election.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights cited its activists who said that sporadic explosions were heard in the western part of Daraa governorate, which borders on Israel to the west.

Instead of going after Russians, Likud will focus on the Ethiopians, whom Netanyahu believes could bring in as many as two new Likud seats.

Before the start of the IDF vote count, New Right was short 4,500 votes to get into the Knesset.

"They abandoned the religious Zionist party at the last-minute, and now in Habayit Hayehudi there is a war of everyone against everyone else, its all empty, and void, and waste."

"Perhaps we should not have given him a public ultimatum. Could be."

Who should be making the decisions? Where is the Defense Minister?

Naftali Bennett retained and enhanced his control over the party with 80.03% of the vote.

What is needed is an alternative to this purposeless Right. If the most Right government there is, can't prevent an awful destruction like Amona, maybe it's really preferable to be in the opposition.