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Mati Tuchfeld

Mati Tuchfeld writes for Israel Hayom.

Only 36% are optimistic Israel will achieve the goals of the Gaza campaign • Large majority supports eradicating the threat from Hezbollah militarily.
The ultra-Orthodox parties are at a loss: Blue and White has proven unreliable, and they are troubled by Netanyahu’s ambiguity regarding early elections.
The prime minister may be schooling Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, but walking the fine line between political maneuvering and elections is risky.
This is a critical week, not just for Israel’s settlement enterprise but also for its political system.
The discord in Israel’s unity government is growing louder by the minute, and it seems no one is wary of publicly contemplating the possibility of elections.
The national-religious faction’s decision to join the opposition deals a blow to the right-wing bloc on which the prime minister is counting.
While Israel’s top court denied the petitions against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it left the door open for future intervention in the country’s political processes.
Benny Gantz is not a risk-taker, so for him to bind his political fate to Netanyahu’s has to have been among the toughest decisions he has ever made.
Theoretically, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz has the votes to form a coalition. In practice, though it’ll never happen, which is why Gantz is now attempting to unseat Netanyahu via legislation.