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Jul. 18, 2021 1:00 AM
Our new government, the so-called coalition of change, showed on Monday recklessness and disregard for the rules of the game in line with the most savage approaches of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalitions. The new government placed its members in the most important Knesset committees and opposition members in the least important, in blatant disregard of the accepted formula for distributing positions based on party size.
When they were in the opposition, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid and their political partners spoke loftily about the need for repair, for mending the rifts, for guarding Israeli democracy and assuring fair play. Ostensibly, these ideas and principles were the common denominator shared by right-wing settlers who support annexation and Tel Aviv techies who support a two-state solution. And they were what created the foundation of the extraordinary and eclectic political alliance and
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Coalition grabs powerful Knesset committees, shunting opposition to lesser panels
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