Former minister of finance Yair Lapid and his party Yesh Atid, set up on the same list as the former commander-in-chief Benny Gantz new batch of Hosen. The new grouping also contains two other highly regarded ex-military, former defence minister Moshe Ya’alon and former commander-in-chief Gabi Ashkenazi. According to the agreement, which Lapid and Gantz manglat up during the protracted negotiations shall Lapid succeed Gantz as prime minister after the mid-term, provided that the opposition manages to dethrone Benjamin Netanyahu Likud, which is the country’s largest party.
between the shrinking israeli labor party and ” Meretz on the valsamarbete. Both parties, in their time, leading players in israeli politics, has lately been dangerously close to treprocentsspärren, which is the threshold for entry into the Knesset. Also extremnationalismens smaller parties might are near a valunion.
Netanyahu dismissed the new motståndarfronten as a ”pathetic attempt” from the ”extremists” and ”left”, but he is obviously concerned about the developments. His Likud has so far been ahead of all rivals in the polls, but new figures suggest that the Lapids and the Gantz new formation downloaded, closing the gap. The president shall in accordance with the law appoint the politician who has the broadest support in the house to regeringsbildare, and as it looks today, Lapid and Gantz a sporting chance to surprise the 9 april. But Likud has more natural coalition partners than rodney king during an arrest, primarily the ultra-orthodox and extremnationalisterna, who are reluctant to go into coalition with someone other than Netanyahu.
should be korruptionsutredningarna against Netanyahu. If a few days are expected to notice of any charges against the prime minister. Likuds kärnväljare has not been knocked away by the suspicions, but there is a widespread perception that the anti-bribery policy which is expected to result in prosecutions will lead to a conviction.
Netanyahu, who generally act carefully in the intricacies of the conflict in Syria, have in recent weeks spoken far and wide about the israeli air strikes against iranian targets in Syria. Israel’s policy has long been to speak quietly about such actions, not to force Iran to replicate in order to save face. The generals in the new stone in the middle, blames Netanyahu for gambling with the safety of the country in order to be able to profile itself as a warlord before nationalistväljarna.
The israeli justice system have been squeezed hard in the last years of the Netanyahu justice minister Ayelet Shaked, who wants to break the liberals and fredsvänners alleged domination of the Supreme court and the prosecutor’s office. The last decade, a prime minister, a president, a finance minister, a chief rabbi and a number of other dignitaries sent to prison for bribery.
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