Tag: Likud

The two parties held emergency contacts Saturday night, in an attempt to hold the cabinet meeting, but those were unsuccessful.

This could effectively terminate a five-year period of alliance between the Haredi parties and Netanyahu.

In analysis, the further to the right the respondents are, the stronger their assessment that the rallies are driven by political activists.

The survey also shows that the Joint Arab List is getting stronger, going from 15 to 16 seats.

The rightwing bloc gets 63 seats; the center-left-Arabs bloc only 50 seats; and Liberman gets 7 seats.

UTJ and Shas are right to feel betrayed, seeing as they had gone out of their way to obey the coalition discipline as loyal members of government, only to see their coalition partners step all over them.

The Yamina party, led by Naftali Bennett, would win 14 seats (up from 6).

“The public is in desperate need of reform and financial aid” regardless of politics, says Finance Minister Israel Katz • Coalition deal sets Aug. 15 deadline for the passing of a biennial budget.

Bibi has to be an idiot not to try to kill this government, and Mother Netanyahu did not raise idiots.

Gafni demanded that Netanyahu resolve the Haredi yeshivas' funding issue as soon as possible, but he did not receive satisfying answers.

"This was an anti-humanitarian act against the people of Israel."

The ‘Norwegian law’ was sought by Blue and White as 12 of the party’s 15 MKs are ministers or deputy ministers, and thus are unable to formulate laws or sit on parliamentary committees.

Minister Galant also warned that "if the teachers' union persists in its resistance to the plan, steps will be taken to enforce the decision – we will use the tools at our disposal."

Levin also presented Netanyahu as a victim of a hostile law enforcement system.

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.

It's Lion in Winter time for Bibi Netanyahu – the inevitable chapter in every great leader's biography.

Likud ministers sharply criticized Netanyahu's way of distributing those portfolios, as several Likud ministers have been left floating in the wake of the coalition steam ship.

"It would be a pity if the closest ideological partner to the Likud would be left out.”

The rescue, spearheaded by Likud MK Nir Barkat, involved intense efforts by Israel’s National Security Council and the use of a Boeing 767 belonging to billionaire philanthropists Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson.

Was Wednesday's visit by Mike Pomepeo about supporting sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, or about making sure there won't be any action on sovereignty by this new government?

According to Ymina, Bennett asked for two significant portfolios, one deputy minister with real power, and chairmanship of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.

Likud officials rejected Yamina's statement, saying, "If Yamina had received one more portfolio, it would have been rightwing enough for them?"

Yes, this new government is definitely a platypus – an egg laying mammal, with a duck's bill to boot.

Likud officials warn that if Israel’s top court rules Netanyahu can't continue to serve as prime minister and/or two other red lines, the unity deal is done.

“We are not changing the system of government in Israel."

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut pointed out the only real issue was whether or not it is legal for Netanyahu to form the government.

Can the President assign this task to a defendant in a criminal lawsuit? We'll hopefully get the answer on Thursday this week.

Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid suffered a cut in its mandates from 14 to 11.

It's a sinking sensation in many pundits' pit of the stomach: this circus has not left town yet. There's one more big act coming, at center stage.

As soon as the 61-MKs' recommendation is sent to the president, there will be a stampede of all the many parties, interest groups and NGOs to the High Court of Justice.