Israeli Elections
Jewish Home leader Rafi Peretz agreed prior to the April elections to resign if appointed as a minister. Now that he’s education minister, not only is he not doing so, they say he’s not even answering the phone.
Amir Ohana and Bezalel Smotrich are making headlines with their staunch views, although some say it’s more about politicking than policy.
Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman calls for a national liberal emergency coalition • Likud: The cat is out the bag; Lieberman wants a leftist government.
While mistakes have been made, acknowledges Labor Party Knesset member Hilik Bar, “no one should eulogize the Labor Party.”
The New Right Party “appeals to the entire nation, and if you are not a hard leftist, it does not antagonize you,” says Moshe Feiglin.
In a Facebook post, he wrote: “The party is in a great crisis, and I do not absolve myself of responsibility.”
While polls still show that right-wing parties dominate the political map, Blue and White Party officials say if they receive a few more seats than Likud, then the president will ask Benny Gantz to form the next government instead of Benjamin Netanyahu.
The decision was the next logical step in light of Labor’s poor showing in the April 9 general election, which saw the party dwindle to just six mandates.
They are attempting proactive measures now so that the end result will be a government coalition under Benjamin Netanyahu.
With Ehud Barak as party chief, current leader Avi Gabbay would be able to withdraw with his dignity relatively intact, sparing him the humiliation he is likely to otherwise face from his staunch Labor rivals in the Knesset.
The move comes after reports that the Israeli prime minister was considering a Cabinet reshuffle to gear up for September’s election.
An examination of the voting patterns of Israeli Arabs living in Arab towns and villages dramatically disproves P.A. claims of “Israeli apartheid.”
