From the perspective of the secular Left, Israel is having a “demographic crisis”, because the religious have been rearing lots of children, dramatically increasing their numbers. A consequence of this is that the influence of the secular Left in the popularly elected Knesset is continually waning. So they cling to power by other means, making a lot of noise and threats in the process.
Yes that was one of the things mentioned in their argument that the religious right is now a slight majority over there. The lefty remarked that it was only the Supreme Court that was left to keep the religious right from implementing a theocratic state and if Netanyahu managed to remove their power it was all over for them (liberals) as far as remaining in Israel. The Ashkenazi Jews tend to be leftists and hold all the money and much of the power from what I understand so if they split it wouldn’t be good. My guess is Netanyahu will be forced to fold. There’s also Netanyahu’s impending corruption charges I’m wondering if this fits into the mix somehow.