The israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is well on its way to becoming the longest serving in the country ever.
on the Night of Wednesday, it was clear that his party, the Likud, and their direct opponents from the party of Blue and White seems to get exactly equal numbers of seats, but the other parties on the right have got more backing than the offender Benny Gantz supports on the left.
this allows Netanyahu to immediately set the course towards another period in premierministerstolen – although there is a little bump in the road.
– It is not so straightforward, because there is one party that will support him with reservations. And there is a party that is even more højreekstremt than the Likud, and if they require so as to annex the entire west bank, sits Netanyahu suffered in the scissors, he could not deliver on, says Danny Raymond, who is director of studies and ph.d. at the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, to Ekstra Bladet.
Right now, beyond the extreme right wing parties, of the strong orthodox parties, and there is, therefore, quite different want among the parties. And because Netanyahu in the election campaign has had so much success, he has managed to take all the votes from the two parties, which normally stands behind the government.
– So now they will not be there to support him and put another type of pressure, so it’s not completely uncomplicated, it is going on. It is a bit of a puzzle, says Danny Raymond.
Although the former general Benny Gantz and his party, Blue and White, seems to get just as many mandates as Netanyahus party, he must, by all accounts, give up the dream to be prime minister. Photo: Gali Tibbon/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
however, All the indications that it once more becomes Netanyahu, who can put themselves at the head of the government, though he has been the subject of several allegations of among other things corruption. The police have, on the basis of allegations recommended to be filed three cases against Netanyahu.
But in spite of the charges have the israelis, therefore, nevertheless, chosen to re-elect him.
– Although most israelis prefer that things go properly and democratically, so they live also in a constant conflict situation. And it will say that when they are looking at Netanyahu, so looking the part on the charges of corruption, and partly looking at the, that in the very many years has been war. And in many, many areas flourishing israeli society, says Danny Raymond.
He thinks, therefore, that it is the hope of stability in the region, which has led to the fact that Netanyahu will be allowed to continue in the forefront of the country.
– despite the fact that you live in a region where there is chaos, Netanyahu has shown that there has been a form of stability, which has been unable to get the society in Israel to develop. So they choose the most stable and secure person who has failed to deliver for so many years without big disasters, ” he says.
Netanyahu had on top of the choice immediate reason to smile. Photo: Thomas Coex/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
In the days leading up to the election told Netanyahu suddenly that he intends to annex the israeli settlements in the west bank.
The promise, though don’t put too much in, assess the Danny Raymond.
– I think It’s simply not on. It was a very smart move, because he’s on the way took so many seats from the other two højrefløjspartier. But he came not with the promise, because he would deliver it. This he did, because he would take all their votes, he says.
– I don’t think they will propose it, and nor do I believe they can get the americans on it, he says.
He believes that the plan will be too risky, while there is apparently strong support internally in Israel.
– The conflicts he has been involved in, has been to contain, but if he begins to annex the will of Hamas and The palestinian authority probably in one form or another get together, and then the conflict is very close. So I just think he is big in the mouth, because he has always been. How strange it sounds for a general dane, Netanyahu is actually fairly moderate in practice. There is plenty of rhetoric, but when it comes to the big acts, he does not so much, says Danny Raymond.
The coming days will Israel be negotiations on the future government, before mr. Netanyahu formally can be reappointed.
