There will be no early elections.
There is not enough time left.
What you see is what you get.
If they really had any principles, which they don't, they wouldn't have yoked themselves to Netanyahu to begin with.
If the coalition falls apart, early elections are inevitable.
A last moment 11th hour solution to stave off the crisis could still happen.
Elections don’t have to be held until October 2019.
From previous reading, I seem to recall that the current Defense Chief is a dove.
Since the Israelis who live near Gaza are outraged that Netanyahu has made a very limited response to the recent 600 missile attacks by Hamas, I will speculate the Israelis want Netanyahu to retaliate much more aggressively?
Thanks to anyone who can help me understand this political crisis more clearly!
Bibi has grown risk-adverse in his old age - Hamas is walking all over Israel which is mainly the reason so many are resigning. All the targets the IAF hits are either empty or given notice. Now Hamas has an Iranian mobile rocket system (Falaq-2) designed designed to destroy defense systems, such as artillery emplacements, Iron Dome batteries, armored force concentrations - whether over ground or in trenches, as well as combat engineering equipment and command center.
Now he’s taking over the position of Defense Minister ... and there will be no new elections due to a “security step” - which is unknown to anyone but him and a few others.