Israeli Elections
Given the interviews that the defense minister and opposition leader gave over the weekend, it appears that a path to a renewed partnership between the two former allies is particularly unlikely.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining the power-sharing agreement that both Likud, and Blue and White, had formed earlier this year.
“It is illegal for a foreign company to intervene in the Israeli elections by funding organizations in Israel,” says Im Tirtzu policy director Alon Schvartzer.
In both polls, the Labour Party would fail to meet the four-seat threshold for the first time since its founding in the 1960s.
According to a Channel 12 survey, if elections were held today, the Likud Party and right-wing bloc headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would win a clear Knesset majority.
“The people wanted unity, and that is what it got,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We hope the court doesn’t interfere. It doesn’t need to interfere. There is the will of the people, the clear expression of the will of the people,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Labor leader Amir Peretz set to become Israel’s economy minister following a party vote in favor of joining the coalition • Peretz: “Strategic cooperation” with Blue and White leader Benny Gantz “will return Labor to its place as a leading and influential political movement.”
Details on the forthcoming new Israeli government, to be formally signed next week after Yom Ha’aztmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Its first order of business will be to pass legislation to set the Netanyahu-Gantz rotation in motion.
“We prevented a fourth election,” Benny Gantz said in a tweet. “We will protect our democracy and fight against the coronavirus.”
Citing a “breakthrough” in negotiations, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz says he sees no reason a deal can’t be signed within days • E.U. officials said to warn Gantz against annexing territory in Judea and Samaria.
After unity talks between Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fall through, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin gives the Knesset 21 days to form a government before new elections are called.
