Posted on 09/18/2019 7:28:19 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Right-wing factions convened at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon, deciding to establish a "right-wing bloc" headed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, that will work for the establishment of the next government.
It was decided to form a joint coalition negotiations team for all factions in the bloc.
In addition to Netanyahu, the meeting saw the participation of Minister Yariv Levin and faction heads: Yaakov Litzman, Moshe Gafni, Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked, and Bezalel Smotrich.
Minister Aryeh Deri met with Prime Minister Netanyahu earlier this morning, as he was unable to attend the meeting due to the memorial ceremony for the late Minister David Azulay.
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The Knesset seat distribution, after counting 90% of the votes shows Blue and White with 32, Likud - 31, Joint List - 13, Shas - 9, Yisrael Beytenu - 9, United Torah Judaism - 8, Yamina - 7, Labor - 6, Democratic Union - 5.
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They’re haredi while Shas is a Zionist haredi party. That’s why the former only serve as deputy ministers while Shas, which does recognize the state, has had full ministers.
Yes. Given Netanyahu’s leftward drift, I’m surprised he wouldn’t go for a chance to escape religious parties.
I wonder if the deal offered by Gantz to Likud will include an agreement to freeze Netanyahu out.
Not going to happen. The Likud has had only four leaders in its entire existence while the doomed Labor Party has gone through leader after leader, seemingly unable to halt its decline.
Netanyahu’s party didn’t lose ground so he’ll stay on as leader and they’ll likely reach a deal where his prosecution gets deferred until he leaves office.
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AMEN!!!!!!
I wouldn’t shed a tear myself, except that he’s suppressed all the other talent. Nobody is ready for prime time yet, and he’s well past his prime.
I think he fancies himself as the next PM. I fancy him carried away in a straitjacket to the Givat Shaul home for Jerusalem Syndrome sufferers.
Right wing talks tough and folds to American pressure to give up land. Left wing talks peace through land concessions, but never makes any progress in that direction. Kiryat Arba was founded under Shimon Perez’ PM-ship. The Sinai was given to Egypt by Menachem Begin. Ghaza was evacuated by Ariel Sharon. 97% of Hebron was conceded by Bibi Netanyahu, then, after constant sniper fire made that concession impossible, about 20%, all the high ground, was won back in a pitched battle that cost us 25 men, including a celebrated colonel. It’s Bizarro learsI. Right am Left. Left am Right. Peace am Intifada and missiles.
“be boomable”
Like in some nuke lab goes BOOM?
Go MOSSAD !!!!!!!
Gideon Sa’ar, Gilad Erdan, and Israel Katz are top Likud candidates that would replace Netanyahu. And there are a few others.
I see. Thanks. And it’s good to hear israel has a mental hospital for crazy politicians. I wish USA did
The reason right-wing and religious parties exist is to keep the Likud honest and prevent it from giving away the store.
Will be even more critical now that coalition negotiations are at hand and this is why its been necessary to establish a single team.
They accept politicians, too.
Yep.
A lot of Americans don’t understand that Likud isn’t made up of principled conservatives.
You still visit Sludge? I stopped dropping by Sludge and get all the news I need straight from FR.
There was a Danish TV series that Rush Limbaugh used to talk about. It was called Borgen. I came across it on some obscure cable channel. It’s in Danish with English subtitles.
It’s all about a woman who becomes the first female PM of Denmark (they actually elected one after this show became popular there). It portrays all of the backroom maneuvering and backstabbing of the parliamentary system in exquisite detail.
Not to mention some damn fine looking women on that show.
Bibi is the worst cheek turner in recent history. He campaigned as a friend of the yishuvim on the other side of the green line, where I happen to now live. Then to curry favor with Obama, he agrees to a settlement freeze and for years after is dismantling settlements willy nilly, Ehud Barak, the little PM who couldn’t, doing the dirty work for him. Some of the people he made homeless were friends of mine. But worst of all was during his last stint as PM, when he gave away all but 3% of Hebron, and for a year and a half after this incredible magnapidity, the brave souls roughing it in Hebron were constantly being fired on from every hilltop. A six-month-old baby girl was murdered in her stroller by a sniper (Hadassah Tehiya), her father also injured because the shot went right through her tiny body and into his leg. People had to put sand bags in front of their windows to keep them from being shattered by bullets. Finally, there was a pitched battle. 25 IDF killed, including a celebrated colonel, but all the high ground retaken. Hardly more than an occasional shot fired ever since.
It’s wonderful that Bibi and Donald are best buds. But Donald’s “deal of the century” looks to be a nightmare to those of us it would affect. The map now before the media is self-explanatory. I hope and pray that it’s a forgery. Bibi would make a great ambassador to the UN or the US. He speaks flawless, educated English, and is very eloquent. But his best years as PM are now behind him, and he is deficient in his conduct of the business of a PM, which is not to have his government collapse constantly, forcing new elections, nor to fend off perennial criminal allegations, but to act as a competitive executive. For want of an adequate substitute, I accept the reality of government of, by and for the Bibi. But I voted for Yamina so that Bennett could act as a check to his America-phile inclinations, and force Bibi to use his backbone in negotiations and in dealings with the United States. He did well at least some times in resisting Obam-botch, again with Bennett and others like him holding his feet to the fire. I hope his friendship with the American POTUS will lead to constructive results, but just in case he becomes too compliant, I’m glad that Bennett and the others are there to keep him grounded.
“competitive executive”=competent executive.
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