Arye Dery, the so-called guarantor of the rotation agreement between Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, said on the radio Thursday that Netanyahu made “a big mistake whe
Members of PM's circle quoted in TV report saying he's reconciled to defeat in Sunday's Knesset vote, will work to bring down Bennett-Lapid coalition from the opposition benches
Shas head Aryeh Deri gives a press statement (together with UTJ MK Moshe Gafni and Yaakov Litzman) at the Knesset, June 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
1. In like Elkin: While last week the new “change bloc” government was on its way to power with a big question mark hanging over it, it now appears to be inevitable, with could-be rebels seemingly staying in line and inter-coalition crinkles getting smoothed out.
All three major dailies (even Israel Hayom) run front-page headlines declaring that the new government is “on its way to being sworn in.”
“The swearing-in: Sunday,” reads the top headline in Yedioth Ahronoth, noting that the straw that bolstered the camel’s back was Nir Orbach’s “difficult decision” to support his party’s entrance into the coalition.
Members of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party continue to lash out at members of the right-wing Yamina party for agreeing to form a government with the premier’s political rivals.
“What desecration of God’s name are you committing,” Likud Minister David Amsalem says in fiery remarks to the Knesset plenum.
He also says of Yamina leader Naftali Bennett, an Orthodox Jew: “I never believed he was religious.”
During a meeting earlier today of the Knesset Arrangements Committee, Likud MK Galit Distal Atbaryan called Bennett and New Hope chief Gideon Sa’ar “parasites who embezzled the public’s trust.”
'Parasites,' 'swindlers' helped by 'deep state': pro-Netanyahu MKs opposed to incoming coalition lash out against its leaders, particularly PM-designate Bennett