Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumBye bye Bibi ????
Hopefully .
Israel Election: Bennett Backs Unity With Lapid, Inching Closer to Unseating Netanyahu
Yamina Chairman Naftali Bennett announced that he will do his best to form a coalition government with Yair Lapid on Sunday, capping weeks of speculation over whether the right-wing politician would agree to such an effort to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Source : https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-bennett-backs-unity-with-lapid-inching-closer-to-unseating-netanyahu-1.9858937
Mosby
(19,491 posts)Maybe his hyper-nationalism will balance out Palestinian hyper-nationalism.
Israeli
(4,488 posts)religious .....first orthodox PM we will have if it works out for him .
But Bibi has to go .
He is not taking it well
See : https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-claims-bennett-carrying-out-the-scam-of-the-century/
Mosby
(19,491 posts)That'll go over well around the world.
Israeli
(4,488 posts)but its not us on the left he has to worry about .
Its those that are further right than he is who are already threatening him same
way they threatened Rabin .
See : https://jewishnews.com/2021/05/30/police-said-investigating-threats-against-bennett-on-social-media/
As for building a third temple ......yeah right
never going to happen .
Mosby
(19,491 posts)Crunchy Frog
(28,299 posts)Maybe him and Donald could get together for some whine.
I'm not too familiar with all the players involved, but I hope it means a better direction for your country.
I hope so to .
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,046 posts)sabbat hunter
(7,115 posts)hell of a coalition
Just about every party, except for UTJ, Shas have joined to oust him
Naftali Bennett, head of the pro-settler Yamina party, is set to serve as prime minister for the first two years, after which Lapidhead of the centrist Yesh Atid partywill rotate into the top spot from the foreign ministry for the remaining two. The incipient government will also include left-wing parties Meretz and Labor, centrist faction Blue and White, and additional right-wing factions Yisrael Beiteinu and New Hope. The Islamist United Arab List is set to join the coalition as well, marking a historic first for an Arab Israeli party.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/02/netanyahu-israel-elections-new-government/
sabbat hunter
(7,115 posts)I won't believe Bibi is gone until the new government is sworn in. and even then....
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